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OF THE 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 



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JACOBINICAL TIMES. 



u And be thefe juggling fiends no more believ'd, 
" That palter with us in a double fenfe ; 
*' That keep the wond of promife to our ear, 
" And break it to our hope.' 5 



SHAKESPEAR* 



THE SECOND AMERICAN, FROM THE FIFTH ENGLISH EDITION, 



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PRINTED AND SOLD 






By SAMUEL ETHERIDGE," 
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PREFACE. 



AMONG the various caufes which may be affigned 
for the extraordinary corruption of the human race, one 
of the moft powerful has, perhaps, in all ages, been the 
perveriion of language. Did Vice ftalk abroad unveiled 
in her native deformity, few, whofe minds were not un- 
der the immediate influence of fome impetuous paiiion, 
would have fufficient boldnefs to meet the terrors of her 
afpecl ; few could refolve to incur the infamy which 
would inevitably cover thofe who appeared in her train. 
To fuch, therefore, as would feize the fatal pleafures 
which fhe boafts her power to offer, no expedient can oc- 
cur by which they may more effectually evade the re- 
proaches of their own confciences, and the juft cenfure of 
the world, than to invent a new vocabulary ; to call evil 
goody and good evil ; and when, by the me of thefe falfe 
terms, they have impofed falfe ideas on the credulity of 
an inconfiderate multitude, they find it eafy to feduce 
into a participation in their crimes, many a heart, in 
which had virtue been fupported by principle, it would 
have refifted every aflaiilt. 

But,., how exteniive foever were the mifchiefs which in 
former days proceeded from this fource, it might have 
been hoped that time would long fince have brought 
fome remedy for the evil. It was eaiy to deceive men 
whofe faculties were buried in that credulous ignorance 
which characterized the darker ages ; but now, — when 



IV PREFACE. 

civilization has roufed us from our favage ftate, and when 
the glorious light of the Gofpel of Truth has fpread the 
beams of the pureft morality over our favoured hem- 
ifpheie, — who could iuppofe it poffible that Falfehood 
ihould not only maintain, but extend her empire ? Un- 
happily, as our means of obtaining knowledge have in- 
creafed, the fubtilty of our deceivers has increafed alfo 5 
znd it may be doubted whether the opinions of mankind 
reflecting the true nature of virtue and vice, were ever 
more loft and confounded at any former period, than we 
now behold them in theie latter days, among thofe who 
rooft confidently boaft the fuperior illumination of their 
minds. 

Our great progenitor, Adam, could affert, of thofe 
objects of the vifible creation which appeared in review 
before him, 

" 1 nam'd them as they p.afs'd, and underftood 
" Their natures :"— Milt ok. 

but who, " of men fince born, his fons," can affirm that 
he underftands the nature of any object in the moral 
world, if it be only know T n to him by the name affigned 
to it in the fchocl ofPHiLOsoPHisM ! The language of 
Nimrod himfelf would not be lefs intelligible to oui ears, 
than the phrafeology introduced by thefe modern teachers 
is become' to our fenfe ; and the ftate of fociety was not 
more completely changed by the confufion of tongues in 
his age, than we have ^already feen it in our own, by that 
univerfal confufion of ideas which prevails on the conti- 
nent of Europe ; where every fpecies of tyranny and im- 
piety 

■ " . ■ " Vult libertas dici mera, veraerue virtus." 

HOR. 

In this more fortunate country, indeed, whilft through 
the protection of a gracious Providence, the valour of 
our fleets and armies has repelled all open aflailants from 
our mores, maintaining us ftill in the poffeffion of our 
independence and freedom, the machinations of thofe 



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PREFACH. V 

fecret and more dangerous enemies^ #bo have fought 
to undermine our religion, have been refited hitherto 
with equal firmnefs ; and we ftill retain unihaken the 
Church and the Conftitution, tranfmitted to lis by the 
wifdom of our anceftors. While other nations, therefore, 
vainly pride themfelves in the fame they have acquired, 
by giving birth to thofe pernicious writers, who have 
dilTeminated infidelity, and added new attractions to vice, 
let it be our more dignified boaft, that, in this land, no foe 
to our holy faith has questioned the authority of any of 
her doctrines, which fome champion of fuperior Strength 
has not arifen to defend ; that, among us, the weight of 
talents is thrown into the fcale of truth. 

Conviction, however, will rarely reclaim the wilful 
promoters of error ; though confuted, they are not filen- 
ced ; though repulfed , they return with redoubled confi- 
dence to the.aiTault ; and while the teachers of LiUc mo- 
rality are employing in this iiland, to confound our prin- 
ciples, the fame arts, by which, in other European king- 
doms, they have fo fatally prevailed ; it becomes the duty 
of every man, who is fenfible of the importance of thofe 
religious and political trtiths, which united form the 
great palladium of our ftate, to exert his utmoft efforts in 
re Lifting the attacks, and expofing the wiles, of our arch- 
enemy, Philosophism, 

— " Quanto "ille magts formas fe vertet in omnes, 
" " Tanto, nate, magis contends tenacia vincla." 

VIRGIL. 

While, Vv r ith the worft defigns, the name of every 
moral virtue Is affigned to its oppofite vice, the unwary 
are led into danger, even by the goodnefs of their own 
intentions. Reflection on the arts thus ufed to impofe on 
their credulity, has fuggefted the idea of the following 
pages. Mr. John Bun y an is an author fo generally 
known, that it can fcarcely be neceffary to make any pre- 
liminary obfervations on the quaint allegory which is 
taken as the ground work of the prefent performance. 
The pilgrim Christian, was the companion of our child- 
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PREFACE. 



hood, till the refinements of modern education banlflied 
him from our nurferies. He ftill retains his place on the 
fhelves of our grandmothers ; from which high ftation 
may he look down with paternal regard upon the labours 
of this his defcendant, who, by the careful ufe of his 
itinerary, has accomplifhed a progrefs fimilar to his own, 
even in Jacobinical times ! 




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THE PROGRESS 



OF THE 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 

&c. &c. &c. 



IT was lately my chance to walk alone in the 
wildernefs of this world, where I faw many things which 
were grievous and doleful to my eyes, and where I 
heard of many more which did even make my hair to 
ftand on end ; for behold I the earth was filled with vi- 
olence, and the number of the faithlefs ones was increas- 
ed. Now, as I mufed thereon, and was wearied through 
the length of my way ; at the laft, my eyes grew heavy, 
and I laid me down to ileep ; and in my deep, I dream- 
ed ; and methought I was in a wide plain, where many 
were paffing to and fro ; and after a time there came to- 
wards me an old gentleman, whom, when I faw him, I 
knew to be Mr. Sagacity ; the fame who had formerly 
recounted to one who had vifited thofe parts the adven- 
tures of certain pilgrims, m their road from the city of 
Dejiruttion to the Celeftial Country ; fo when he accofted 
me, I was glad ; and, after the firft greetings were pair, 
I began to fpeak with him of the pilgrim Christian ; 
alfo of Christiana his wife, with her children and com- 
panions ; and of all the dangers and difficulties which had 
encountered them in their journey : and I found it fome 
folace to my thoughts, which had been occupied with the 
deeds of ungodly men, to turn them to the remembrance 
of the- righteous of former days, and of the glorious re- 
wards which had attended fuch at the laft. 

Now as I knew that Christian and Christiana had 
left behind them four fons, and that to thofe fons alfo 



8 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

children had been barn, I allied Mr. Sagacity whether 
any of their lineage were yet remaining unto this day ? 
and whether, if there were, they were mindful of the 
good example which their anceilors had fet them ? 

" The family hath multiplied exceedingly," anfwered 
he ; "and all who hare belonged to it, ever fince the 
days of Christian, .have held themfelves obliged to 
fet out on the fame pilgrimage, which was fo happily 
performed by that good man: yea, though fome of 
them have perifhed by the way, yet there have been 
many- who have accomplifhed their appointed courfe, 
and who are now partakers in thofe glorious rewards 
which are laid up for all faithful pilgrims in the Ce- 
leftial City." 

" I am glad," quoth T, < c to hear of their good fuc- 
gefi ; yet it grieves me that there fhould have been any, . 
among the defcendants offuchaman as Christian, 
who have not walked worthy of the vocation where- 
unto they were called." 

" Why truly," replied the old gentleman, " you have 
lefs caufe to wonder that fome fhould have forfaken 
the right path, than that any fhould have kept on 
their courfe in it unfhaken ; for though, in the time of 
Christian, the road of the pilgrims was both difficult 
and perilous, the dangers which befet it now are much 
more numerous,, and the allurements to turn afide from 
it lefs eafy to be refilled." 

" I can fcarcely think that poffible," anfwered I ; 
" for, befides that the things which happened unto 
Christian mufl have ferved both for enfample and 
for warning to all fucceeding pilgrims, I imagined that 
all the moil formidable enemies of their way had long 
fince been removed. Did not the foul fiend, Apol- 
lyon, fpread his wings, when he felt the edge of 
Christian's fword, and flee to the place from which 
he came? Did not Mr. Valiant-for-truth defeat 
the robbers ? And were not the giants Grim, Maul, 
and Slay-good, and above all that fierce and terrible 
giant, the giant Despair, cut off by the hand of Mr., 
Great-heart ? Truly you will not eafily perfuade 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 9 

:ne that any new foes, who may In later times have 
arifen to annoy the pilgrims, can have equal power 
with thofe I have named to work their final deftruo 
tion." 

At that Mr. Sagacity fmiled, but withal he (hook his 
head. " There are many," faid he, " even among the 
pilgrims themfelves, who reafon as you do, and accord- 
ingly let out on their coirrfe with much confidence \ 
but fo much the lefs as they fear the dangers which 
await them, fo much the more eafdy are they brought to 
perdition. If, however, you defire any proof of what I 
fay, you may quickly fee and judge for yourfelf: for 
turn your eyes yonder ;" — and as he fpoke, he pointed 
with his hand — "Do you perceive that young man, who 
is eroding the plain with fuch a cheerful demeanor, 
and is fpeeding towards the wicket gate ? ,J 

" Very plainly," quoth I ; " there are many whofe 
fteps tend the fame way, but the youth in white gar- 
ments far outgoes the reft ; and as I fee, he hath 
already fafely paffed the Hough of Defpond^ and hath al- 
moft reached the gate." 

" Keep him in your view, then," rejoined my com- 
panion, " and obferve what fnall befal him on his pil- 
grimage. He is of the family of Christian ; fo that, 
for the fake of his fathers, you will take the greater 
intereft in his adventures : and when next we meet, 
you fhall tell me whether the way has proved lefs peril- 
ous to him, than it did of old time to thofe who trod 
it before him." 

When he had thus fpoken, Mr. Sagacity took his leave 
of me ; and I, pleafed with the opportunity of beholding 
theprogrefs of a youth, with whofe countenance and de- 
portment I was fo greatly taken, continued to watch him, 
and that with more attention than at firft. 

Then I perceived that he had in his hand a book, like 
unto that which Evangelist had given to the pilgrim 
Christian ; and as he walked, he fometimes read therein, 
andfometimes he fixed his eyes on the mining light which 
was over the gate, towards which he bent his course. 
Alio it was not long before he reached the gale ; and 



10 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

being at it, he put forth his hand and knocked. Now I 
faw not that any arrows were (hot at him from the caftle 
of Beelzebub, neither did the terrible dog come forth to 
affault him ; but the porter, who was named Good-will* 
quickly opened the gate unto him, and demanded of him 
who he was, and whence he came. 

" My name," anfwered the young man, "is Good^ 
intent; I am of the lineage of Christian, being 
indeed the great-grandfon of his firft-born Matthew, 
who took Mercy to wife : T came from the town of 
Sincerity, and I am on my way towards the Cekjiial 
City:' 

" Then," faid Good-will, " thou comeft of a good 
parentage, and thy countenance agreeth thereto? for 
I have feen many of thy race, who have travelled this 
way before thee ; and truly thou doft much refemble 
them. Enter freely, young man, and proceed on thy 
journey ; but walk warily, left thy further jprogrefs 
prove not anfwerable to thy good beginning. " 

" I have little fear," faid the young pilgrim, that I 
fhall mifs my road." 

" Be not too confident," faid Good-will ; thou may- 
ell: find it more difficult to continue in the right way 
than thou art yet aware of." 

Good-intent. " But I have a map of the road, the 
fame which was ufed by Mr. Great-heart in his 
journey ; and I have alfo been farther inftructed by 
my father Precept and my mother Example, who 
are themfelves both gone to the Cclejiial City, and 
would gladly have taken me thither with them, but . 
that the meffenger who was fent to call them forbad 
them to flay for me." 

Good-will. "That map is not without its ufe ; yet 
is it of lefs value now than formerly it was, by reafon 
of the changes which of late have taken place." 

Good-intent. " Will you not tell me, Sir, what 
changes have occurred, that I may learn to avoid fuch 
dangers as I now am unprepared for." 

Good-will. "I would gladly, young man, render 
thee the fervice for which thou doft petition ; but it is 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 12 

^ot permitted me to tell pilgrims beforehand what 
temptations are prepared for them ; for where there 
is no conteft, there can be no victory ; and without 
victory, there can be no reward." 

Then the young man flood mufing for a while : but 
at laft again breaking filence, " You have greatly terri- 
fied me, Sir," faid he ; "I thought I had fufftciently 
prepared myieif againft all the dangers I could en- 
counter : but if there be others in my way, which are 
ftill unknown to me, I may be enfnared when I am 
the lead aware, and may fall, never to rife again. Is 
there no counfellor to whom I may refort, in cafes of 
extreme perplexity i" 

" Then," faid Good-will, " thou needed not fctk 
for a counfellor, when, as I fee, thou haft the bed of 
counfellors in thine hand. Let that book be thy con- 
stant iludy and meditation. Remember what certain 
affurances thou haft that it came to thee from Him 
who cannot lye i remember that it contains every 
thing w T hich it is neceffary for thee to know for thy 
foul's peace. Whenever thou findeft thyfelf in any 
{trait, read in that book, and it fhall be taught thee 
what it behoveth thee to do : for, though the things 
which are come upon the earth feem ftrange unto men, 
yet were they from the beginning forefeen and provid- 
ed againft by Him, whofe eye beholdeth at one glance 
all time and all fpace. Since His will is not that any 
fhould perifh, His mercy will at all times uphold in 
His paths the goings of thofe, who fmcerely feek to 
know and to perform His pleafure ; nor fhall any 
testation befal fuch, but that with the temptation 
He will alfo make a way to efcape, that they may be 
able to bear it. Whatever may happen to thee, there- 
fore, preferve that book, though it be at the hazard of 
thy life ; for if once thou fufrer it to be taken from 
thee, thou art at the mercy of thy enemies ; thou wilt 
lofe, not the force only, but even the inclination, to re- 
pel their attacks ; and thou wilt have forfeited all 
claim to the protection of Him, whofe laws thou haft 
defpifed, and whofe convenant thou haft caft behind 
thy back/' 



12 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Then I faw in my dream that the young man v*3f 
much comforted by the difcourfes of Good-will ; and, 
having thanked him for his advice, and prorrtifed always 
to bear it in his mind, he proceeded on his way ; and as 
he went, he read in his book ; and after a while, having 
clofed it, and put it in his bofom, he began to meditate 
on its contents. His attention, however, was foon di- 
verted ; for, as he (till walked with a very quick pace, 
he prefently overtook a company of pilgrims, who were 
travelling more leifurely the fame way with himfelf ; and 
as it chanced, he knew moft of them by fight ; for they 
had formerly been his neighbours, and indeed were of the 
bed quality in all that country. There were Mr. Incon- 
siderate, Mr. Party-spirit, and Mr. Lovechange ; 
alfo Mr. Curiosity, Mr. Credulity, Mf. Hothead, 
Mr. Hate-cgntroul, and Mr. Discontent. Now 
Mr. Curiosity and Mr. Credulity, in particular, had 
long been known to Good-intent, whofe townfmen they 
were ; and he was more glad of the meeting, becaufe it 
was commonly reported that Mr. Credulity was akin 
to Faithful, who had fo bravely fuffered at Vanity 
Fair ; " And" quoth he to himfelf, " if our fathers found 
it fo pleafant and fo profitable to go on their pilgrim- 
age together, why may not Mr. Credulity and I be 
in no lefs a degree comforts to each other r" So they 
went on their way together : and Good-intent flackened 
his pace, becaufe his new companions were umviiling to 
walk fo fail as he did. 

So I faw in my dream that they fell into much talk 
one with the other concerning the country from which 
they came ; and after that, they proceeded to fpeak of 
the way wherein they were then walking. 

Then faid Mr. Discontent, " I like not this way ; I 
find it rough and very grievous unto me." 

" That which offends me in it," faid Mr. Hate-con- 
troul, " is, that the walls on either fide are fo high as 
quite to fhut out from us all profpect. of the country. 
I like to walk in an open plain, where I may turn at 
pleafure to the right hand, or to the left ; and not to 
be confined within a narrow path like this." 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. IJ 

" Before we have proceeded much further," faid Mr. 
X,ove-change, " we may chance to -find feme other road, 
by which We may purfue our journey more pleafantly." 

" But it is dangerous," laid Good-intent, " to turn 
afide into any ftraiige path ; feeing that the Lord of 
that Celejiial Country •, whither we are bound, has ex- 
prefsly appointed unto us this, in the which we are now 
walking, as the only one by which we may reach his 
kingdom* in fafety." 

" It might indeed be dangerous," faid Mr. Curiosity, 
"to proceed fur in any ether road; but there could 
furely be no harm in venturing a little way in one 
which might appear to us more pleafant than this ; 
fince if we faw that after a while it took any wrong di- 
rection, we might fo eafily turn back, and regain the 
path we had forfaken." 

" You are in the right," faid Mr. Inconsiderate. 

" For my part," faid Mr. Party-spirit, " it is indif- 
ferent to me in what kind of road I travel, fo long as I 
can have the company of my friends." 

" It is alfo indifferent to me," faid Good-intent, 
" whether my path be rough or fmooth ; for my 
thoughts are fo entirely fixed on that glorious place, 
which I l\ope will be the end of my journey, that the 
little unevenneifes of the way can in no degree diminifli 
the pleafure which I take in meditating on fuch a fub- 
jecl ; and as for the high walls, which offend Mr. 
Hate-controul, I had not, till he fpoke, fo much as 
taken notice of them ; nor can I confider them as any 
har&fliip,' while they do but confine me within that 
road, in the which it is my moft earneft defire to con- 
tinue." 

" But," faid Mr. Inconsiderate, "we cannot always 
be thinking of the end of our journey ; and, provided 
we know that in the courfe of our pilgrimage we flmll 
be fure to get there at lait, I fee no harm in feeking 
amufements by the way." 

" I have not hitherto found myfelf in any want of 
amufements," faid Good intent ; " for though my 
road is narrow, to me it appears not dull ; and befider 
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the pleafant reflections which occupy my mind, I have 
a book which was given me by the good Evangelist, 
and in which, when my fpirits are wearied, it conftantly 
refreihes them to read." 

" We have all fuch books," faid Mr. Love-change ; 
" but I truly have read mine till I am tired of it, and 
would gladly read fomething new." 

" I find in that book," Vaid Mr. Hate-controul, 
u many things grievous to be borne. Wherefore fhould 
.we be laden with reflriclions, from which other men 
are free i" 

" And from what are we reftrieled," anfwered Good- 
intent with fome difpleafure, " but from fuch things as 
would in this world be dangerous to us, and in the 
next deftruclive ? For my part, I find in my book no 
laws, to which, though they came not to us from fuch 
high authority, a wife man would not willingly fubj eel: 
himfelf ; but .were our yoke as hard as it is eafy, who 
would not rejoice to bear it, that considered either the 
illimitable power of the King we ferve, the infinite 
gratitude we owe him for all the favours which he has 
already fo liberally conferred upon us, or the value of 
the rewards with which he has promifed hereafter to 
crown even our imperfect obedience 1" 

" It is a great pleafure to me," faid Mr. Credulity, 
11 to hear you fpeak in this manner. I can affure you I 
have always been difpofed to believe that book to be 
true ; I was taught to believe fo when I was a little 
boy, and I think I never fhould be comfortable out of 
that belief; though I confefs that fome things I have 
heard fmce I came into this company have fomewhat 
daggered me. But I am glad that you are come, to 
confirm me in my former opinions." 

" Can they require any further confirmation," faid 
Good-intent, " than the excellence of the book itfelf ?" 

" As for that," replied Mr. Credulity, " I pretend 
not to judge of it. I always difliked reading, and 
provided I implicitly believe all the book contains, 
why need I give- myfelf the trouble to fearch what its 
contents may be ?" 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, I J 

/< Truly," faid Good-intent, "you profefs a faith 
which furpatfes my comprehension. We are command- 
ed to be able to give to every man a reafon of the hope 
that is in us ; but we cannot give a reafon even to our^ 
felves, if we have never examined what is the object, of 
our hope, nor what the foundation on which it refts." 

" 1 perceive that you are of the fame mind as I am," 
faid Mr. Curiosity. " I am not difpofed to take any 
thing on truit ; and as knowledge is my principal purfuir, 
I find great pleafure in reading a book, which treats of fo 
many rare and wonderful things. Thofe parts of it, 
therefore, which are the mod hard to be urideritood, are- 
my favourite ftudy." 

" Take heed," faid Good-intent, " that you wreft 
them not to your own deftruction. There are fubjects 
which our finite understandings cannot reach ; and, if we 
feek too prefumptuoufly to penetrate into myfteries which 
as yet are but in part revealed to us, thofe things, which 
ihould have been for our peace, may prove unto us an 
occafion of falling." 

" I have no fears on that head," faid Mr. Curiosity ; 
u I fhall therefore purfue my inquiries without fcruple ; 
and if the Interpreter, to whofe houfe we muft by this 
time be drawing near, cannot fatisfy me on certain points, 
refpecting which I mean to queftion him, I ihall either ( 
quit this road, and feek elfewhere for a better teacher, or 
I fhall at once conclude every doctrine falfe, in propor- 
tion as I find it unintelligible." 

Good-intent would have returned fome anfwer to 
this difcourfe, which in truth had much offended him ; 
but that, on afcending a little hill, they had iuddenly a 
profpect of the road before them, to a confiderable dii- 
tance. % 

" Look yonder!" faid Mr. Inconsiderate; "See 
before us Mr. Interpreter's houfe." 

" How fhall we know," faid Good-intent, " which of 
thofe two manfions it is that belongs to the Interpreter ?" 
For indeed they defcried from that place two houfes, 
whereof that to which they were then neareft lay a little 
way off the road on the left hand ; but the other was 



1 6 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

farther on upon the right hand, and flood ciofe by the 
way fide. 

This laft was an old and venerable building ; but its- 
walls, by reafon of their ftrength and thickuefs, had as 
yet fnffered none of the dccays'of time. Behind it lay a 
garden, in the which were planted' all inch herbs as are 
ufeful either for food or medicine ; and as many, even 
the mod: profitable amongft them, bore goodly flowers 
withal, fo the whole plot of ground, being well laid out 
and fitly kept, had a fair appearance. But the houfe on 
the left fide of the road was a -new edifice,- and feemed 
the palace of fome mighty prince y fo coftly were its ma- 
terials, and fo rare its ftructure. It flood in the midft of 
an extenfive pleafure ground, curiouily difpofed into 
lawns, labyrinths, and wildernefles, through the midft 
whereof did glide a ftream, which, though narrow, was 
fo deep, that I could not perceive that it had any bottom ; . 
moreover its coarfe was fo crooked, that me thought it 
refembled a ferpent in its manifold turnings and wind- 
ings. In this pleafure ground I could not but obferve 
that there were many more flowers, and thofe iliining with 
more gorgeous colours, than in the garden which belong- 
ed to the other houfe ; but I perceived not that any fruits 
grew there, fave fome which refembled the fruits of the 
tree of knowledge of good and evil, which grew In the 
midft of the garden of Eden, 

Now, as I faid before, I faw that the pilgrims were at 
a lofs to determine which of thefe two was the houfe at 
which they ought to feek for entertainment ; an ■ as they 
walked on, they difputed on the fubjeet among them- 
felves. Yet they were all mod: taken with the appear- 
ance of that on the left hand, and inclined to petition 
there for a lodging, if peradventure it might be af- 
forded them. Only Good-intent objected, becaufe the 
building feemed fo modern ; " And we know," faid 
he, " that the Interpreted is no new reiident in thefe 
parts." 

" But we know not," faid Mr. Inconsiderate, 
" whether he may not have built himfelfa new houfe." 

" What imports it to us in what houfe he dwells #* 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 1J 

faid Mr. Love-change ; " we are not obliged to chufe 
him for our hoil, if we can be better entertained elfe- 
vhere ?" 

u lam determined," faid Mr. Hothead, to take up 
my lodging at the houfe on the left hand." 

" So will I," faid Mr. Party-spirit, "if my friends 
agree to prefer it." 

" Atleaft," faid Mr. Curiosity, " we may ftep afide 
into the pleafure ground, and take a nearer view of k." 
And with him agreed the others of his party. 

But ftill Good-intent, who was little fatisfied with 
their converfation, doubted in his own mind whether it 
would be fafe to turn at all out of the high road, clofe 
by the fide of which he obferved the right hand houfe to 
be placed ; but while he debated the matter with himfelf, 
he unluckily forgot the words of the porter at the wicket 
gate, and thought not of plucking his book out of his 
bofom, to feek therein for counfel. 

So as they went, they came to a bridge, built over 
that {bream, which ran through the pleafure grounds on 
the left fide, and which here croffed the great road ; and 
juft beyond the bridge there was a gate, through which 
was the way up to the houfe. Now the pilgrims were 
faint and weary with their journey, and as they viewed 
the ftream, the waters thereof did feem to offer them a 
pleafaut refrefhment ; fo Mr. Inconsiderate and Mr. 
Hothead did- forthwith (loop down and drink, and the 
others were not flow to follow their example ; only 
Good-intent doubted whether it might not be more ex- 
pedient to forbear till he mould come to the houfe 9 
where, by the command of the Lord of the way, all 
things that were proper for the entertainment of pilgrims 
were plentifully provided for them. But Mr. Curiosity 
had a cup of coftly workmanfhip, which pofle fie d the 
property of exciting third in all who held it near their 
lips ; and, having filled it with the water, he prefented 
it to Good-intent, who had no focner taken it in his 
hand, than its hidden power overcame him, and he was 
unable to forbear drinking at one draught all that it 

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contained; nay, he afterwards filled it twice or tin ice 
himfelf, and drank again. 

Now I law in my dream that it it ill wanted fome 
hours of night, and the fun, though a few palling clouds 
did fometirnes veil his brightnefs, did yet give iufheient 
light to enlighten all who dwell upon the earth : but, as 
the pilgrims drank of the water of that ftream, a black mill 
began to arife from beneath die ground, and to fpread itfelf 
around them, and presently the face of the heavens was 
concealed from their view, and they were left in total 
darknefs ; neither durft any man venture to move from 
the place wherein he flood, either backwards or forwards, 
for he knew not where he fhould fet his foot. Then cried 
they all one to another, "What (ball we do?" But no 
man was able to be a guide unto the re it. At laft they 
defcried advancing towards them, from the houfe on the 
left hand, one who bore a torch in his hand ; fo they 
were glad when they law him, and as he drew near they 
made obeifance to him, and hefought him that he would 
deliver them out of the darknefs which iurrounded them* 

Then the man, whofe name was Fa^se-reasoning, 
told them that for that purpofe was he come ; " For*" 
laid he, " my maiter has beheld your diftrefs from the 
windows of his palace ; and as it is his efpecial office to 
faccour pilgrims who have loft their way in the mifh of 
Ignorcvtce, which hereabouts are very common, he has 
fent me forth to give you light, and to guide you in 
fafety to his gates." 

"Their * laid Mr. Credulity, " We are much beholden 
to thy maiter ; and though before we received this mark 
cf kindnefs, we dliFered from each other in opinion, we 
may all now confidently allure ourfelves, that he is of a 
truth that good Interpreter, to whofe houfe we were 
directed." 

< ; But is he indeed the fame,*' fakl Good-intent, " who 
heretofore proved to excellent a friend to Christian :" 

" He beareth the fame title," laid False-reasoning, 
" but with much better claim to it ; for that old gen- 
tleman, of whom you fpeak, even in his bell days, coiud 
do nothing more for pilgrims than repeat to them a few * 



PIJLORIM GOOD-INTENT. I J 

trite {livings, and give them a lodging at Lis houfe ; 
whereas my matter will ihew you fuch wonders, as have 
never been ieen before imce the foundation of the world ; 
he will imparl unto you fuch wii'dom, as it is reported 
your firjl parents thought it worth their while to forfeit 
Parad/fe to obtain ; and he will befrow upon you fuch 
privileges, as no one but himfelf did ever poiicis the 
power to confer.** 

" It 13 weil for us that we have met with fuch a friend, . 
faid Mr. Inconsiderate. 

" Let us inftantly accept his invitation," faid Ivfr. Hot- 
head. 

" Any thing rather than continue in this darkuefs," 
faid Mr. Discontent. 

" This new Interpreter' will prove more ferviceable 
to us than the old," faid Mr. Love-cha-n ge. 

" There can be up doubt of that/' faid Mr. Credu- 
lity. 

u I burn with impatience," faid Mr. Curiosity, " to 
fee and to hear thpfe rare things which we are prom- 
ifed at this hcuie." 

" And I," fiid Mr. Kate-controul, k to enjoy 
thole new privileges of which this man ipeaks." 

is Gentlemen," faid Mr. Party- spirit, " wither fo- 
ever you go, I will go ; for I never defert my friends." 

" I pray you," iaici Good-Intent unto him who 
bore the torch, " is the eld Interpreter yet alive :" 

"False-reasoning — " It can fcarcely be faid that he 
is ; for his extreme old age hath quite benumbed bis fac ■- 
' ulties, and reduced him to a (late of abfolute dotage, 
Ke could not indeed have been kept out of his grave fo 
long, but by the flrong cordials which have been admin- 
istered to him by a certain mountebank, named Priest- 
craft, who finds hfs own advantage in ufurping the old 
gentleman's authority over the baler fort of pilgrims who 
travel this road." 

Good-intent — " But which is the houfe whereat 
Christian was fc hofpitably entertained :" 

ALSE-REASONiNG— " He lodged at that old ruinous 



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20 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

manfion, which (lands a little beyond my matter's, and 
on the oppofite fide of the road." 

Good-intent — "And could not we alfo obtain a 
lodging there ?" 

False-reasoning ; "You might probably be admit- 
ted to fleep there, nay, and have a potion adminiftered 
unto you to make your fleep the founder ; but you would 
find none of that delicious fare which my mafter collects 
from every quarter of the globe for the nourifhment of 
fuch travellers as come unto him ; of the excellence 
whereof you may fpeedily judge for yourfelves, fmce the 
hour of his banquet draws near." 

On hearing this, moft of the pilgrims quickened their 
pace ; but Good-intent ftill hefitated ; for having been 
accuftomed all his life to hear the praifes of the ancient 
Interpreter, he could not lightly perfuade himfelf that 
any houfe could be fitter than his was for the accommo- 
dation of pilgrims. Yet he feared to be left to wander 
alone in darknefs. He once bethought himfelf of his 
book, and plucked it out of his bofom and opened it ; but 
as he was walking, though flowly, after the reft, the 
motion of his going did render his hand unfteady to hold 
it : moreover the glare of the torch of False-reasoning 
did much dazzle his eyes. So he fatisfied himfelf that it 
was impoffible to read at that juncture, and therefore did 
not perfevere in the attempt ; but reclofmg the volume, 
he put it back into his bofom, and faid to himfelf, * If I 
like not my entertainment to night, I can but refume my 
journey in the morning, and repair to the houfe at which 
my fathers were lodged. The mid may be then difpeif- 
cd, and I may be able to difcern my way ; but at pre- 
fent I fhould perifh in the darknefs, if I imprudently re- 
fufed to avail myfelf of the light which this man's torch 
imparts unto me." So he walked on more confidently ; 
and as they approached the palace, behold it was all illu- 
minated, and the lamps which were within, call forth fuch 
a fplendor, that the pilgrims imagined the light of day 
reftored unto them. 

Then Mr. Quriositv inquired of their guide, what 
were his mailer's name and parentage. 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT* 2 1 

False-reasoning ; " His name is Philosophy : be 
is the fon of reason and of nature. The place of his 
birth is not certainly known ; but it is generally believed 
that his infancy was fpent in Egypt, where he was 
nurfed by Fable ; and that he afterwards pa-fled his 
youth in Greece, where the Sciences trained bira to 
jnaturity. After that, various misfortunes befel him, 
and he lived many years in an obfeure and tedious 
exile : but lately, having been invited by Learning to 
return into Europe, he has been univerially received 
with fuch honors as have amply repaid him for the 
unmerited flights which had formerly been fhewn him. 
There is one country in particular of which he has 
been appointed fovereign law- giver ; and where divine 
honors are paid to him. Yet fuch is his zeal for 
the general intereft of mankind, that he does not re- 
f trice his fervices to any (ingle nation, but has built 
this palace by the fide of the high road, for the re- 
ception of pilgrims from all regions of the earth ; and, 
as his knowledge is univerfal* he readily imparts to all 
his guefts fuch inftructions, as they may be either 
willing or able to receive. 3 ' 

By this time, they drew very near unto the palace ; 
and they could hear within its walls a confufed nolle, 
like the found of many voices : alio they could difcern 
through the windows large companies of people in 
every department, Then Mr. Curiosity afked, who 
all thofe perfons were. 

False-reasoning; "AH whom you fee within are 
my mailer's pupils, men, who coming to lodge at his 
houfe as you do now, have been fo much taken with 
the wondeis they have feen there, that they have de- 
fired to remain with him for a feafon, in order to 
have fufficient leifure to receive his initrucHons, and to 
contemplate his works ; and how well fonie of them have 
profited by his leilbns, you will have an opportunity of 
judging to-morrow by your own ohfervations when you 
lhaii be permitted to vifit the academy." . 

They now entered a fpacious and magnificent hall.. 
where many attendants were in waiting to receive them^f 



22 THE PROGRESS OF TH2 

and pafflng thence through feveral other rooms fuperb- 
ly decorated, tfaey were at laft uihered into the banquet 
chamber, where they found the matter of the houfe 
iurrounded by a very numerous company of his guefts, 
who all came forward to falute them. From the ac- 
count which had been given them by the way of the 
paft life of Mr. Philosophy, the pilgrims had expect-^ 
ed to find him a very aged man ; they were therefore* 
fomewhat furprifed at his youthful appearance, which- 
they could not but remark, although, in order to difguife 
it, he wore a Grecian mantle and a Roman veft. He 
welcomed them with extraordinary curtefy, and made 
them, a long harangue, which afforded them occafion 
to admire his fluency of fpeech, and wonderful erudi- 
tion ; neverthelefs, even thofe among them who paid the 
greater!: attention to what he faid, could not take upon 
themfelves to affirm that they clearly comprehended a 
iingle fentence of it ; but they modeftly imputed this 
circumftance to their own incapacity, rather than to any 
intentional obfcurity on his part ; and the feaft being 
now brought in, they feated themfelves at the table, in 
the order appointed by their holt. 

It was the fortune of Good-intent to be placed be- 
tween two of the gentlemen whom they had found with 
Mr. Philosophy on their arrival, whofe names were 
Mr. Free-thought and Mr. Plausible; and their 
converfation pleafed him fo well, that he began to find 
himfelf in better fpirits, than he had ever been fince he 
had firft confented to turn afide out of the great road. 
But, while he was talking with them, he chanced to caft 
his eyes on a company of men who fat apart from the 
reft : he could not fee their faces ; for they were all 
muffled up in thick cloakes, and wore caps of a grotefque 
fhape, pulled down over their eyes ; but there was fome- 
thing in their appearance which infpired him with an in- 
voluntary terror ; and he could not refrain from inquir- 
ing of his two companions who thofe men were. 

" They are not worth your attention," faid Mr. 
Plausible ; " they are fome of the vaffals of the lord of 
this palace, and never acl: but by his order*" 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 

u But wherefore are they armed ?" faid Good-intent ; 
for he perceived that they all wore daggers in their 
girdles. 

" It is no more than neceffary," replied Mr. Plausi- 
ble ; " for you muft know that Mr. Philosophy, though 
a friend and well wilher to all mankind, is yet fo unfor- 
tunate as to have many enemies, of whom the principal 
^re two fierce giants, named Superstition and Des- 
potism. By thefe, and by their fubjecls and allies, he is 
frequently affaulted ; and being himfelf of a difpofiticn 
averie from warfare, he is obliged, foi the fake of his own 
fecurity, to keep in his fervice certain armed men, who 
may be ready, in cafe of any fudden afiauit, to defend 
him and his property from violence." 

.'? From what my friend has been faying," interpofed 
Free- thought, " you may perceive, Mr. Good- in tent, 
how rightly you have addrefled yourfelf in coming to this 
houfe ; for you cannot be ignorant of the many injuries 
which your own kinsfolk have iiutained from thofe who 
are now the enemies of Mr. Philosophy, You will not, 
therefore, affuredly refufe to unite with us, as in one 
common caufe, and afiift Us to exterminate both Des- 
potism and Superstition, with all the minifters of their 
violence, from the earth." 

Good-intent, indeed, recollected, that before he had 
fet out from his own country, he had heard many in- 
llances of the cruelly and injuftice of thofe two giants ; 
but as he had underftood that for many years pair they 
had been retrained from making any inroads into the re- 
gions through which the "way of the pilgrims lay, he was 
uncertain how far it might be expedient for him to quit 
that way, in order • to make war on them in any diilant 
country. However, as it was then late, he would not 
enter into a full difcuffion -of the fubject, but told Mr. 
Free-thought that he would talk further with him in 
the morning ; and prefently afterwards the whole com* 
pany retired to reft. 

Good-intent, being tired with his journey, foon fell 
.afleep ; and though I never heard him relate his dreams, 
J. could perceive that they were very delightful unto him ; 






) his 



%4 THE PROGRESS OF THH 

for jfopietimes he imiled in his deep, and fometimes I 
heard him exclaim, " The golden age reftored ! The 
reign of Reaffni Unjyerfal .peace, and freedom uncon- 
trolled!" Now when it was morning, he awoke, rofe 
from his bed, and attired himielf ; and taking his hook 
from the table on which he had laid it the night before, 
he was going, according to his ufua4 cnttom, to read a 
certain portion of it before he quitted his chamber ; b 
one named Impatience came to call him to attend 
Philosophy, who was ready to mew the pilgrims 
fignifkant rooms ; fo he put the book unopened into 
bofom, and went haftily down to the houfe. 

Now vdien all thofe who had arrived at the palace $ie 
night before were met together, Mr. Philosophy came 
forth unto them ; and firft he had them into his acade- 
my, where all his pupils where burled in their federal 
ftudies^and occupations; but their labours appeared fo 
unlike thofe of other men, that the pilgrims were filled 
with wonder, and could not help aflting fome queftions of 
their conductor, who readily undertook to anfwer their 
inquiries. 

6i From the extraordinary works which are performed 
by my pupils/' faid he, " you may beft learn in what 
eftimation to hold the inftrucHons which they have re- 
ceived from me. Do you fee him who is arranging in 
fuch exact order his heaps of ftones and cockle {hells ? I 
have taught him to decypher characters unintelligible to 
vulgar eyes ; fo that he is able to read on every foiill the 
true date of the time at which it was firft deposited in the 
bed of earth from which he dug it ; by which means he 
can now fet at defiance all other chronologifts and hifto- 
rians, ancient and modern, and add in one moment my- 
riads of uncounted ages to the antiquity of the world 
which we inhabit." Not far from him, you may perceive, 
on a table, a globe of glafs. It is a fmall fragment of 
the fan, lately ftruck oft by the taij. of a comet. As foon 
as I faw that, by its rotatory mdtion, it had obtained a 
fpherical figure, I feized it, and gave it to him, whom 
you may fee fo intently watching it. In about forty 
thoufand years, by which time it will be properly cooled, 



m 



PILGRIM GOO' 

mc v i the fatisfkft 

bage and with trees ; foon afterwards all ki 1 ^ 
mals will fpontaneoufly fpring from it 5 and lafth 
rth men, who of courfe will 
e do. He who fits next, i? employed in chai 
:rs into butterflies ; which he ; 
their component parts a defire of loco motion. You may 
gtfee a projector of a lower order, who is filling bladders 
with air tor the purpofe of flying ; and ar ho is 

bulled in the contraction of a boat, in which he pro] 
to fail at the bottom of the fe a. But a li .:* on 

fits : lar, who is c 

the elixir oi Human Perfectibility ; of which if a man tafte, 
he fhall : h become incapable of feeling the d 

of age and fkknefs ; and ceafin'g to eat, drink, or . 

.all fpend his time chiefly in leaping or 1 ; till, 

by tl = of this medicine, death ihall be tot 

.1 from the world, and the human race conti 

r 

ill, to eaci 
of motion." 

e wonderful things, deprived the v h 
pany of pilgrims of all p ranee, aiu 

J them to : 1 Jr. Philosoi n fold 

veneration ; " For, 3 ' thought they, " if thefe be the 
:s of the fcholars, what may not ?ct of the 

:r achieve r" 
So he went on with this diicourie to them, and he iaid> 
" There are many others among my pupils, whofe em- 
ployments arenolefs worthy of your attention than 1 
• you already have beheld ; and if you are willing, you 
may all become partakers in the benefits which they 
derive from my inilruclions. But firfl I mufc fhew 
other fights, which will be profitable unto you, and from 
which you may learn to form a true eftimate of the value 
of all the things which are to be met with in this world." 
Then he led them away to a room, in which there was 
indow that looked cut upon a wide common ; and 



26 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

there appeared on the common a large company of naked 

men. 

" Who are thofe men ?" faid Mr. Curiosity. 

"They are brethren," anfwered Mr. Philosophy; 
" watch, and fee what fhall be done unto them." 

So they looked, and beheld one came unto them ; and 
to iome of them he gave purple garments and crowns of 
gold, and to others, changes of raiment and fine linen ; 
but the greater part he clothed in rags, and putting fpades 
and pick axes into their hands, he compelled them to dig 
precious oie and jewels out of the earth, and to give them 
unto thofe who ftood by, idle, while for themfelves they 
found but a few roots whereon to feed, as a recompenfe 
for their fore labour. 

Then faid all the pilgrims, " What meaneth this V 9 

And Mr. Philosophy anfwered them, " You faw that 
at fir ft the men were all alike, none of them was greater, 
and none lefs than his fellows ; till he whom you faw 
come unto them, whofe name was Social-order, did 
firfl: make a difference between them. And you have 
beheld how unjuftly he has dealt with them ; how he has 
exalted a few, and given unto them power to trample on 
the many. Such are the abufes which through him have 
been introduced into the world. But follow me to ano- 
ther place, and you fhall fee greater evils than thefe." 

Then Mr. Discontent groaned ; but they all followed 
their conductor, who brought them where there was a 
view of a black and gloomy tower. The narrow crevices 
which ferved inftead of windows were grated over ; but 
he bade them look between the bars, and they defcried 
within certain prifoners, who lay fettered in a damp and 
nolfome dungeon. 

Then faid the pilgrims, " What means this ?" 

" You may have already heard," faid Mr. Philoso- 
phy, " that I have two mortal foes, who are alfo the foes 
of the whole human race, and againft whom all who 
defire to become my difciples muft fwear eternal enmity. 
The tower which you behold is the ftrong hold of one of 
them, even of the giant Despotism ; and the captives 
whom you fee within are victims of his cruelty." 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 2J 

Then faid Mr. Hothead, " Let us inftantly florm the 
gates, and fet them free !" 

11 Your zeal is commendable," faid Mr. Philosophy ; 
" but wait a moment, and behold the event.'' 

So they looked, and prefently they faw a woman 
gorgeoufly attired, with a red cap, on her head, who fud- 
denly rofe out of the ground, bearing a lamp poft in her 
hand ; and when fhe had ftricken therewith the walls of 
the tower, they funk with a mighty crafh, and became a 
heap of ruins. Then the pilgrims rejoiced in the hope 
that thofe who had been imprifoned within, would now 
recover their freedom; but Mr. Philosophy was not 
willing that they ihould (lay to fee what became of the 
captives, but led them haftily away to another apart- 
ment ; as they went, however, Mr. Curiosity inquired 
the name of her who had thrown down the tower, and 
was told that fhe was called Liberty. 

So they came next to a place where they faw a throne 
raifed high, and there fat on it a woman who was clothed 
in white raiment, but it was deeply ftained with blood ; 
alfo on her bread fhe wore a bloody crofs. And when 
fhe waved her hand, a great multitude of men appeared 
before her. Then fhe blew forth from her lips a flame, 
which in a moment fattened on their garments ; and be- 
hold the men fell together in a heap, and were all quickly 
cenfumed to aflies. 

Then were the pilgrims much difmayed, and they 
aiked trembling, " What meaneth this J" 

Then faid Mr. Philosophy : " I fhewed ycu at the 
laft place, the cruelty of Despotism, cne of the enemies 
by whom I and my friends are continually perfecuted ; 
you now behold the triumphs of the ftill more terrible 
giant Superstition. Thefe are the facrinces in which 
he delighteth, and in executing which the minilters of his 
will are continually employed. 5 ' 

" But who is fhe," faid Mr a Curiosity, " who fits on 
the throne, and by whom this deed of horror has been 
performed ?" 

" She is the elded daughter of Superstiton," faid 
Mr. Philosophy, " and her name is Christianity." 



28 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Good- in tent ftarted. ' He had hitherto followed, 
in wonder, and without confideration had partaken in the 
emotions of the reft ; but now, though he was Rill inca- 
pable of arranging the reflections which crowded tutrmkii- 
ouily on his mind, yet he could no longer conceal from 
himfelf, that he was in the houfe of one who was an 
enemy to his king ; and the confeioufnefs of this filled 
him with an uneafmefs, in which he was aftonifhed to fee 
that none of his companions appeared to partake. They 
all followed Mr. Philosophy as complacently as at firft ; 
but Good intent longed to difengage himfelf from the 
com; lough for the prefent he law no good oppor- 

tanity fling his efcape, becaufe their conductor had 

. I behind them every door through which they had 
palled ; wherefore, fatisfving himfelf that no obftacle to 
Lis departure could exift on their return, he yielded to 
the perfuaftons of Mr. Curiosity, and with the reft p>ro- 
further. 

Philosophy brought them to a place, 
aw an aiiemblage of men of all conditions. 
mpl'oyed in various works of labour ; but as 
ked., they furig with merry hearts ; and, when 
their talks 'were ended, they arofe, and danced upon the 
green : fome were counting the profits they had gained 
by merchandife ; and fome, in gayer clothing, were 
engaged in various fpoits, and feemed to know no 
bufmefs but their pleafure. Yet were the pilgrims 
greatly aftonifhed at the air. of cheerfulnefs, which was 
)le en every countenance ; for the men were all link- 
ed together by two ponderous iron chains, the ends of 
which were grafped by two mis-fhapen giants, who fat on 
a rock, and viewed their captives with malignant exulta- 
tion. 

"Who are thoft hideous monfters," faid Mr. Curiosi- 
ty, "who hold enthralled fo many of our fellow crea- 
tures ? >; 

" You now beheld my enemies in perfon," faid - 
Philosophy ; "he who wields the fceptre in his ha 
Despotism ; yet, though the enfigns of royalty are Ins, 
even he is fubject to the control of Superstition; 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 29 

ftill more imperious brother, who bears the flaming 
torch." 

" But thofe fools are worthy to wear their chains," 
faid Mr. Hate-controul, "who purfue their fports and 
occupations with fuch gay levity, making no effort to free 
themfelves." 

" Condemn them not too haftily," raid Mr. Philoso- 
phy, " left your cenfure fhould extend further than you 
as yet fuppofe ; and know, that thofe men, of whom you 
thus contemptuoufly fpeak, are themfelves infenfible of 
their own fervile condition. For fuch is the magic power 
of thofe fell giants, that they can render inviilble the 
chains which they impofe, and fo lull to fleep the facul- 
ties of thofe who wear them, that they feel not the yoke, 
even while it galls their necks, But look again, and a 
new fcene of things will difclofe itielf." 

Then they looked, and beheld a perfcn fmgularly at- 
tired ; for his garments were made all of paper, and on 
every fold were printed in legible characters the words 
Rights of Man. He advanced towards the crowd, bear- 
ing in his hand a large mirror, which he held in fuch a 
manner as that every man in his turn faw therein his 
own image ; and fuch was the virtue of that glafs, that 
as he looked in it, his eyes were opened, and he perceived 
his chains. In a moment the voice of mirth ceafed 
among them ; and nothing now was to be heard but 
groans and lamentations, intermixed with expreilions of 
fury and revenge againft the tyrants who had thus en- 
slaved them. The pilgrims pitied them, and waited with 
fome anxiety to fee what would be the effects of the new 
fpirit which had been thus excited among them ; when 
on a fudden he who bare the glafs ftepped forward, and 
prefented it to the guefts of Mr. Philosophy. 

Mr. Discontent was the hrft who caught in it the re- 
flection of his own figure ; and what was his horror, 
when he beheld around his own neck two chains, refem- 
bling thofe with which the other captives of Supersti- 
tion and Despotism were loaded? He ftarted back 
aghaft, and Mr. Hate-controul caueht a fibular view ; 
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JO THE PROGRESS OF THE 

he gnafhed his teeth with defpite ; and Mr. Hothe a», 
who came next, was altogether mad with fury. Sur- 
prifed at their ravings, Mr. Curiosity preffed forward 
to look ; and when he perceived at once his own condi- 
tion, and that of his companions, he feized the arm of 
Good-intent, and drew him towards the mirror. After 
them came the reft ; and all, in like manner, diicovered 
with aftonifhment their (rate of bondage. All too notfr 
felt themfelves even bowed down by the weight of the 
ins, of which, but a few moments before, they had 
been unconfcious ; and while fome raged, and others 
wept, at the thoughts of the captivity in which they were 
holden, all were exerting their utmo'ft efforts to break 
their bonds, or at leaft to loofen them from their necks ; 
all ill vain; the mere they ft niggled to free them- 
felves, the tighter did the tyrants feem to draw the chains, 

At laft they addreffed themfelves to Mr. Philosophy, 
and befought him to deliver them. 

" You ait of me more than I am able to do for you," 
vered he : " I have already rendered you the great- 
eft fervice in my power, by bringing you to a fenfe of 
your thraldom ; for, though till now you have been 
rant of it, you have worn thefe chains even from 
your biith ; and they are ri vetted fo firmly on your 
recks, that, u yen yourfelves ihake them not off, no ex- 
ternal force will be able to reieafe you from them." 

" Alas !" faid Mr. Discontent, " our ftrength is not 
fuHkient to break themT" 

" Yet I would die," faid Mr. Hate-controul, " rath- 
er than fubmit to wear them any longer." 

" Let us perilh glorioufly," faid Mr. Hothead, "in 
rufhing forward to attack the tyrants on their lofty 
feat!", 

" The time for adventurous daring may come here- 
after," faid Mr. Philosophy: "till your own necks 
fhall be freed from the yoke of the tyrants, all attempts 
to overthrow their power will be fruitlefs. There is but 
one way by which your chains can be loofed ; and to 
fhew you that way is the only remaining fervice I can 
render you. If you know how to value freedom as you 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 3 1 

ought, you will not think it dearly purchafed by the ufe 
of the means I feall point out to you." 

Mr. Credulity did not hefitate to exprefs his implicit 
confidence in the directions of his conductor ; and all 
joined in requeft-ing him to confer on them without delay 
this promifed favour, excepting Good-intent ; who, 
indeed, continued to follow him with the reft, for he 
knew not what other courfe to take ; but, while his com- 
panions preffed forward with eager impatience, he walked 
the la ft, melancholy and filent. 

After they had defcended feveral flights of fteps, Mrv 
Philosophy then led them through many crooked fub- 
terranean paffages, now bending to the right hand, and 
now to the left ; fometimes proceeding for a fhort time 
ftrait forwards, and then fuddenly turning in an oppoflte 
direction, and leading them backwards almoft to the point 
from which they had fet out. I faw, moreover, that in 
thefe paffages there was no other light than that which 
was afforded by numerous lamps, of various colours, fo 
difpofed as to caft alternately different fhades on all ob- 
jects within fight of the pilgrims : infomuch that nothing 
whereon they looked appeared to their eyes to wear its 
own proper and natural hue. At laft, they reached a 
brazen door ; which being opened unto them by Mr, 
Philosophy, they entered a temple of black marble. 
From it, as well as from the paffages which had led to it, 
every beam of the light of heaven was excluded : nor did 
the pilgrims find here even fuch lamps as had hitherto 
enlightened their fteps ; only in the midft of the temple, 
on an altar, burned a pale and quivering flame. Even 
the boldeft of the band, on his entrance, felt his blood 
congealed with a fudden horror. Each turned to look 
on his companions ; but, for fome moments, their eyes, 
unaccuftomed to the gloom, were unable to diPcmguifh 
objects ; and in all, the nobler powers of life feemed for 
a while fufpended. 

By degrees they became more able to perpetrate the 
obfcurity ; and they defcried, though dimly, two por- 
tentous forms ; they fuppofed them the powers to whofe 
honor that temple had been built. One fat on a pile of 



32 THE PROGRESS OF THS 

arms ; his garments dropped with gore ; and a flight cf 
vultures, hovering about his head, with hoarfe fcreams 
demanded of him their accuftomed food. The other 
phantom was half veiled in a mifty cloud ; for had his 
whole form been difcovered, no mortal eye could have 
endured the terrors of his afpect. A dragon's creft ap- 
peared to crown his head ; his arm refted on a broken 
anchor, and the thunderbolt of Heaven was trampled 
beneath his feet. 

" Here feek, and here obtain deliverance l" faid Mr. 
Philosophy: " Behold I have brought you into the 
prefence of thofe, who alone are able to give you perfect 
liberty : Proftrate yourfelves before them ; and then> 
with fecurity of acceptance, offer the facrifice which the 
Pavers of Freedom demand." 

At thefe words, the pilgrims bowed themfelves^ to the 
ground: Good intent alone, aghaft and motionlefs, 
flood ftill in his place, and obeyed not the voice of his 
conductor ; but as he was behind the reft, it chanced that 
his omifllcn was not obferved. When the others had 
performed their homage, the flame on the altar rofe 
higher, and burned more brightly than before, as if to 
requite their wprfhip with a favourable omen. They 
now felt themfelves emboldened to look with more confi- 
dence on the phantoms which their guide had entitled 
the Powers of Freedom ; and, by the incieafed light they 
could difcern, that over the head of him from whom the 
ravenous birds expected food was written Anarchy ; but 
over that of his more terrific compeer, they decyphered 
the name of Atheism. Good-intent fhuddered, and 
his hair flood erect. 

Then faid Mr. Philosophy, " Thus far is well ; thefe 
awful powers receive you as their votaries. Are you 
now ready to join in the facrifice which alone is wanting 
to render them propitious to your deflres ?" 

" Inftantly," faid Mr. Hothead : "what have we to 
offer which can be acceptable to them ?" 

" Have you not each a book," faid Mr. Philosophy, 
" which was given unto you by a man who called hii*v 
felf Evangelist V 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 

<; We have," replied the pilgrims. 

" That man," refumed their conductor, u is the n 
inveterate foe of the Powers who prefide in this temple ; 
and in no lefs a degree is he your enemy alio ; fmce the 
chains, which you ib disgracefully wear, could not have 
been forged without his affiftance. As a token, then, 
that you forever renounce him and his dochines, lay your 
books on the altar before you, to be confumed in that 
felf-kindled flame, as an offering to Athcism ; and then 
let each (rep forward, and receive from Anarchy a fword 
which hath no {heath, endowed with fo rare a virtue, that, 
in the fame moment that you grafp it, your chains will 
fpontaneoufly fall from your necks." 

Mr. Hothead immediately obeyed, and threw his book 
into the midft of the flame : Mr. Inconsiderate follow- 
ed his example ; and Mr. Hate-controul, as he did the 
like, faid, " li I hoped for no further advantage, I fhould 
frill think myfelf a gainer, in being no longer obliged to 
burden myfelf with a volume, filled with hard fay ings, 
and features impofiible to be borne." 

The reft not immediately advancing, Mr. Philosophy 
proceeded in his difcourfe. 

Philosophy. " You will foon perceive that, by the 
deftruction of thefe books, the prefent fyitem of affairs 
throughout the whole world will be annihilated." 

Mr. Discontent came forward, and committed his 
volume to the flames. 

Philosophy ; " A new order of things will every 
whe: 



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re appear 

Mr. Love-change joined in the facrifioe. 

Philosophy. " And thofe, who now cordially unite 
with each other in the purfuit of their true interefts" — 

Mr. Party-spirit prefented his book. 

Philosophy.— " Will fhare, in that renovated ftate, 
the pure delight, which will be imparted to them, not 
only by the recovery of their own freedom, but by the 
univerfal eitablifiiment of the rights and liberties of all 
mankind." 

The latter part of this fpeech had been .addreffed to 
Good-intent ; but he neither advancing, nor retun 



34 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

an anfwer, Mr. Curiosity preffed before him, and ac- 
cofting Mr. Philosophy : " Sir," faid he, " the extraor- 
dinary veneration, with which the wonders I have {etn 
at your houfe have infpired me for your wifdom, difpofes 
me to pay an implicit deference to all your counfels ; yet 
before I caft my book upon that flaming pile, I would 
gladly be fatisfied by you on one point. I am aware that 
to perfons who have the honor to be inftructed by you, 
thefe volumes are totally unneceffary ; but nnce thofe of 
the meaner fort, who want that advantage, ftiil ftand in 
need of fome rules for the direction of their conduct,- 
where, if thofe are deftroyed to which they have hitherto 
had recourfe, where are they to find a fubfiitute ?' 

" Nothing can be more eafily found," anfwered Mr. 
Philosophy. " Let them read the Koran of Maho- 
met, or the Zendavefta of Zoroaster \ or let them 
feek a living example of human perfection, undebafed by 
focial laws, uncontaminated by civilization, unfettered 
by Chriftian prejudices, and confequently unftained by 
any crime more black than occafional rapine, fraud, and 
murder, in the virtuous hordes of Jl??ierica?i ravages." 

" And are Mahomet and Zoroaster then," laid Mr. 
Credulity, " perfons of as great veracity as Mr. 
Evangelist ¥* 

" All my difciples are of that opinion," replied Mr. 
Philosophy. 

" You know thefe things better than I do," faid Mr. 
Credulity ; and with that he followed the example of 
the reft. 

Mr. Curiosity hefitated a moment longer ; but pre- 
fently yielding to his impatience to fee the wonderful 
effects that were to refult from the offering, he alfo call 
his book into the flames. 

But the facrifice was not yet completed 5 for the fpirit 
of Good-intent was now roufed : he faw with horror 
the conduct of his companions, and the councils of Good- 
will rufhed fuddenly on his recollection. Though the 
things which he had feen and heard, had made a confider- 
able impreffion on his mind, his former opinions were 
aot fo far ihaken> but that he felt within himfelf a deter- 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 1>5 

mination to part rather with his life than with his book, 
which he was fenfible none but the enemies of his King 
would have required him to refign ; and remembering 
that he had been directed to confult it whenever he fhould 
find himielf under any difficulty, he drew it forth from his 
bofom. Mr. Philosophy, difpleafed that among the 
men who had followed him fo far, there fhould be any 
one who hefitated to obey his la ft command, extended 
his hand to feize it ; but Good-intent, recoiling from 
his touch, opened the volume, and read therein, " Be- 
ware left any man fpoil you, through phrlofophy and 
vain deceit." 

"Alas?" cried he, " had I fooner reforted to my 
book for counfel, I mould not have fufFered myfelf to be 
led hither, to view face to face thofe forms of perdition ! 
How great mull have been my fin in tm ning afide from 
the right road ; fince it has brought on me the pun* 
niihment which I experience even in the fight of that mod 
dire of fiends, before whofe afpect I feel every high-raifed 
hope die away in my bofom ! What will become of me i 
What (hall I do ?" 

Then he again opened his book, and found written 
therein, " Efcape for thy life, look not behind thee." 
Upon that, he made towards the door, and would have 
gone forth ; but thofe who had hitherto been his compan- 
ions, unwilling that by his example their own unrighte- 
ous deeds fhould be reproved, fought to detain him, and 
to compel him to do even as they had done ; but his ea- 
gernefs to efcape, gave him tenfold ftrength ; and while 
he was draggling with them, Mr. Philosophy faid to 
his adverfaries with a malicious fmile, " Trouble not 
yourfelves to withhold again ft his will that weakfouled 
wretch, who is unfit to be with you admitted to my 
higher myfteries. Suffer him to pafs forth, to meet the 
fate which is prepared for all, who prefume, without my 
guidance, to tread the mazes of my palate." 

Then they ftood back, and Good-intent impetuoufly 
rufhed out of the temple. But little caufe had he to re- 
joice, excepting in that he was delivered from the view of 
the hideous form of Atheism ; for the lamps, which had 



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enlighten : ips when he had paffed that way at firftj 

were all ' I in the thick obfcurity whicli 

furroundea him, he turning, and loft 

•-3f. His fpirit nc vithin him, as he wandered 

along dark and flippery ways, where he proceeded few- 
paces without fiui ;bid of rugged ftones, 
called in that place ObjcBlojis, which were every where 
fcattered about. The air, moreover, was filled with cer- 
tain venomous winged creatures, fhaped like bats, which 
were called Doubts, and did oftentimes fting him forely. 
Atlaft, he defcried at a diftance a fmall glimmering 
light, towards which he joyfully haftened ; and entering 
a chamber from which it proceeded, he found there a 
man, in a changeable coloured garment, with a mafk on 
his face. Before him lay a book, like that which Good- 
intent had fo zealoufly preferred ; but he was employ- 
ed in cutting out half the leaves of it with a knife, which 
he held in his hand ; while from .thofe which he fufFered 
to remain, he had erafed fo many words, that the refidue 
was no longei Vvhen Good-intent entered, 
the man raifed his head, and afked him who he was, and 
what he fought there. 

Good-intent. " My name is Good-intent ; I am a 

im, and was travelling towards the Celejiial City, till 

is my unhappy lot to be inveigled into this palace, . 

re I have beheld the dreadful face of Atheism. As 

I fled from him, I loft my way in the dark paffages ; 

and, till I defcried the beams of your lamp, I was hope- 

lefs of ever efcaping from this endlefs labyrinth." 

Then faid the man, " If thou flyeft from Atheism, it 
is well for thee that thou art come hither. I alio am his 
enemy ; and beftde myfelf, thou couldft not have found 
any one able to affift thy efcape, and to guide thee in 
fafety through the intricate mazes of this palace." 

Good-intent heard with joy the difcourfe of the frran- 
ger ; yet anxious to know him better, before he entrufted 
himfelf to his guidance, he inquired his name ; to which 
the man replied that he was called Rational-chris- 
tianity ; "And I myfelf," faid he, "am alfo a pil- 
grim as thou art ; only I like not to walk with the herd 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 37 

of Vulgar travellers ; and therefore, to feparate myfelf 
from them, I came fometime fmce to take up my abode 
under the roof of Mr. Philosophy. But now, if thou 
art willing to become my companion, and to conform 
thy way to my directions, I will lead thee into a fafe 
mid eafy path, by which, fooner than thou rnayeft ex~ 
peel, thou fhak arrive at the enci of thy jfturftey/' 

When Good-intent heard the ftranger's name, it 
infpired him with great confidence; and not feeling any 
miitruft of his new companion, he befought him imme- 
diately to lead the way. Then the man arofe,and taking his 
lamp in one hand, and in the other the book out of which 
he had cut fo many of the leaves, he conducted Good- 
intent along pallages, as intricate as any of thofe 
through which he had paffed before ; and now they had 
proceeded fo far, that the pilgrim expeeled every moment 
to reach the end of his fubterranean way, and to emerge 
from the darknefs in which he had wandered fo long, 
when his conductor fuddenly turned afide, and brought: 
him into an apartment, which was faintly enlightened 
by an imperfect beam of clouded day, ftreaming through 
a half clofed iky-light .- 

He here beheld enfhrined a new phantom, whofe form 
refembled that of the giant-brood, who were fabled to 
have fprung from the earth ; yet, feated on a lofty 
throne, he looked proudly downwards, as from the 
higheft heavens : his countenance was fevere and lour- 
ing ; and haughty as it was, it betrayed a fecret anguifli 
at his inability to break a crofs, which he held in his 
hands, and was exerting his utmoft ftrength to demolifh. 

" Whither have you brought me," faid Good-intent 
to his conductor ; " and what unknown form do I now 
behold?" 

" Happy mortal," faid the other, " who under my 
guidance haft reached the dwelling place of Natural- 
religion ; bow thyfelf at his fhrine, and rejoice chat thy 
happy deftiny has brought thee to viflt his pure abode I" 

But while he fpoke, Good-intent, eying the phan- 
tom more needfully, difcerned his true name written over 
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gB THE -PROGRESS OF TliL 

Lis head ; and it was Deism. Perceiving then that his 
conductor had a defign to deceive him, he delayed not 
£0 draw forth his book. 

" W.hat doft thou 1" faid his guide. 

" I feek for qounfel where it -may be found," replied 
•Coqd-intent. 

" Thou .meaneft JweJI/- faid the other, " but how 
wilt thou be deceived, if thou putted any trail in what 
thou .may eft find written in that volume !" 

" Poth it not contain the words of truth ?" faid the 
.pilgrim. 

" It doth indeed contain fame truth," anfwered his 
.conductor ; " but fo intermixed with falfehood, that thy 
weak underftanding cannot know how to feparate the 
.one from the other. Read rather in my book. JVHne, as 
thou feeft, was once the fame as thy own ; but I have 
long employed myfelf in expunging fu-ch parts of it as 
were adverfe to my own opinions, and in discovering in 
the pages which I have fuffered to. remain, iiich occult 
meanings, as had, for many ages, efcaped all vulgar 
and unlearned eyes ; and I have at laft fo refined it from 
its drofs, that even he, my great mafter, whom thou feeii 
.before thee, permits his votaries to ufe it, .as a code of 
laws for the regulation of their moral conducl." 

" But if/' faid Good-intent, '.'itwas deCgned, as 
I have always been allured it was, as a book oi general 
inftruclion for all mankind, can we imagine that the true 
meaning of any eflential parts of it mould .be to occult, as 
-that it fhould have remained for the inquiries of the pref- 
,ent age to difcover I Metjiinks I could more willingly 
relinquish my book entirely, as I was required /to do but 
juft now in the temple of Athe.:sm, than think fo unwor- 
thy of him, who commanded us to believe and to do all 
things which it ftouid teach us, as to, luppofe that he fuf- 
fered any paifages to be inferted therein, for the exprcis 
purpofe ml rniileading fuch, as with honeft and true 
jhearts mould feek to know his will." 

And with that, puihing back the mutilated volume 
which was offered him, he opened his own and read, 
/»■' This is that fpirit of Anti-christ, whereof you haw 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 39 

heard that it fhould come ; and even now already it is in 
the world." As he read theie words, the throne o£ 
Deism funk, and the phantom himfelf difappeaved ; the 
Small part of the fky-light that had been open, Suddenly 
elofed ; and he who hare the lamp fled away ; hut as he 
fled his mails: dropped off, and Good-intent knew his 
face, that it was the face of Heresy. 

"By the removal of his- lamp, however, the pilgrim 
was not left in darknefs as before ; for he perceived that 
from the hook which' lie ftill held in- his hand a radiance 
proceeded, and ihined round about it ; an aihitance 
which it had not hitherto afforded hi m, becaufe he had 
carried it hidden in his bofbm, without attempting to 
make any uSe^oS it. Then he remembered that it was 
written, " Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a. 
light unto my path ;" and rejoicing lit the hope which 
was thus revived in his bofom, he haftened out of 
that apartment, and proceeded on his way. Nor was 
he any longer in danger of lofmg himfelf; for at eve- 
ry turning a bright ray darted" from; his book, and 
pointed out to him the way which he Ihould take. — 
Only he was ftill molefted by thofe venomous flying 
creatures, which, though they ftung him lefs forely 
than before, did yet hover over his head, and fill his 
ears with the noife of their flutterings ; and Sometimes, 
gathering round his book, they Shaded it with their 
wings, and almoft hid the light from his eyes. Nev- 
ertheless, he went on with confidence ; and at lair, 
after climbing up a fteep afcent, he found himfelf ia 
a veftibule, where the rays of the fun m all their 
fplendor Suddenly broke upon his eyes ; the birds of 
night, not able to endure the hrightneis, dm ft. follow 
him no farther, but flew back Screaming to their mur- 
ky abodes ; and Good-intent, feeing before him an 
open door, rufhed through it, and with ipy perceived 
that he had efcaped out of the palace of -M*. Philos- 
ophy. 

The frefh air was very pieafant to him, after his 
long Subterranean wanderings ; yet he (laid not to 
amufe himfelf with any inferior gratifications, but lock- 



.4^ THE PROGRESS OF THE 

ed eagerly round him to difcover where he was, and 
what way he mud go to return to the high road, his de- 
parture from which he fo forely repented. 

While he was (landing to take the view, he was dei- 
gned by a party of Mr. Philosophy's retainers, who, 
from a turret, beheld the plain below. It was fo rare 
an occurence to them to fee any who fled from their 
matter's palace, after having once consented to become 
his fcholars, (the mod part remaining there gladly to en- 
joy the pleafures of the place ; and the few who were 
defirous to depart, finding no means of effe&ing their 
*;fcape,) that Good-intent was unto thefe men an object, 
of great amazement ; and fome of them reproached him 
for quitting a houfe, where he might meet with fo much 
good company ; others called to him to return ; and 
others, obferving the book which he (till bore in his hand, 
mocked at him for encumbering himfelf with a burden 
which they called fo ufelefs, and fpake many vain and 
blafphemous words againd Him whole laws it contained. 
Among thefe lad was one named Ridicule, who as it 
chanced had a bow in his hand ; and obferving that 
Good-intent heeded nothing that was faid unto him, 
but was beginning to run acrofs the plain with all fpeed, 
lie vain-glorioufly told his companions that he would 
give them a proof of his (kill in archery, by fending a 
dart, which mould ftrike the book out of the young 
man's hand ; and with that, he p.refently fitted an arrow 
to the (bring, and drew, the bow with all his might. The 
fhaft flew through the air, and grazing the hand of Good- 
intent, it ilruck the book ; but bounding indantly back 
from it, fell with a blunted point to the ground. Though 
the fcratch which the pilgrim had received was flight, 
yet, the dart having been envenomed, it gave him ex- 
traordinary pain, and had almoit, at the firft moment, 
obliged him to drop the book ; but happily recollecting 
himfelf, jj£ exerted fufrlcient refolution to grafp the pre- 
cious volume more firmly than ever, and went on his way, 
without fo much as turning to look behind him. Never- 
thelefs, Ridicule, being fhort-fighted, imagined that 
he had feen his arrow transfix the book; and when he 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 41 

%oafted to his companions of his fuccefs, even thofe 
among them who had feen the event moft clearly, were 
afraid to contradict him, left being offended, he fhould 
turn the reft of his darts againit themfelves. 

Meanwhile Good-intent, having efcaped out of the 
pleafure-grounds of Mr. Philosophy, had atlaft the fatis- 
faction to find himfelf once more in the high road, where 
he ran forward without fiackening his pace, till he reach- 
ed the houfe of the good old Interpreter. There he 
knocked with great violence at the gate ; and it was 
prefently opened to him by the damfel whole name was 
Innocent. So fhe afked him who he was. 

" Alas !" faid Good-intent, " I am one who-can 
urge little claim to be admitted here, fmce I have faffer- 
ed myfelf to be feduced from the right way by the wiles 
of Mr. Philosophy, and have beheld the dreadful myf- 
teries of his palace. And though I have been fo fortunate 
as to efcape from his labyrinths, yet I know not whether 
I may ftill prefume to prefent myfelf at this portal, 
which I am well aware is only opened to the faithful 
fubjecls of that King, from whofe paths I have trailer- 
oufly ftrayed." 

Then laid the damfel, " This gate is never. defied 
againft penitent and returning finners. Yet of all who 
.have been enticed by Mr. Philosophy, I do not recol- 
lect that any one, before you, has ever quitted him, and 
come to feek admiffion here. But I pray you tell me 
your name, and from what place you fet forth on your 
pilgrimage, that I may go in, and fhew it unto my maf- 
ter ; and I will then quickly return, and let you know 
his anfwer." 

Then Good-intent told her who he was, and whence 
he came ; and when (he heard that he was of the lineage 
of Christian, fhe fmiled, and made the greater haite 
to carry in his petition ; and fhe prefently came back, to 
let him know that her mailer would willingly receive 
him. Then fhe led him in, and brought him to a parlour 
where Mr. Interpreter was fitting. He was a venera- 
ble old man, with a long white beard, that reached 
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A2 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

dov/n even to his girdle ; but none of the infirmities of 
age were viable upon him, as he who had conducted the 
pilgrim to the houfe of Mr. Philosophy, had falfely 
reported : on the contrary, there was ft ill a youthful fire 
m his eyes, and his countenance vifibly expreifed a mind 
of undiminiihed vigour. 

- #Ie received Good-intent with great benignity, and 
congratulated him on his efcape from a place in which 
fo many had found their ruin. " But tell me, young 
man/' laid he, " in what manner didft thou iirft come 
to a knowledge of thy danger ? For the principal art of 
him who fo deceitfully aMumes my name and office, 
eon fills in concealing his defigns from fuch as he has 
undertaken to enihare, till he has brought them fo far in 
the way which leadeth to perdition, that all means of re- 
treat are cut off from them." 

Good-intent then related to the Interpreter all 
that had befallen him in the palace of Mr. Philosophy ; 
declaring that, though the confeioufnefs that he had 
quitted the right road had, from the fir ft, occafioned him 
ibme uneafmefs, lie had not been fully fenfible that he 
had put himfelf under the guidance of one who was an 
enemy to his Prince, till he had heard him affert that 
Christianity was the daughter of Superstition ; 
which was fo contrary to all that had ever before been 
told him of her, that he afllired himfelf it mufthave been 
a malicious calumny ; that afterwards the fight of the 
•dreadful phantoms in the black temple had fo greatly 
difmayed him, that had he been obliged to make any 
longer ftay there, he mud certainly have died with terror ; 
and he concluded by expreiling his gratitude to his King, 
to whole merciful prefervation of him he wholly attribut- 
ed his efcape. 

Ther^iaid the Interpreter, " You can never return 
him fufflcient acknowledgments for fo great and fignal 
a favour. But while you are thus declaring the due fenfe I 
you entertain of it, what is the reafon that your counte- 
nance fo ill agrees with your words ? For methinks you 
look more like a man who is labouring under fome pref- 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 43 

ent grievance, than like one whofe mind is proper! y af- 
fected with a recent benefit." 

Good-intent. " Alas, Sir ! notwithstanding my fatis- 
faction at having returned to the high road, I cannot 
deny that my fpirits are ftill much dejected : Though I 
choie rather to continue to wear the chains with which 
I am laden, than to reibrt to Atheism and Anarchv 
for my releafe ; yet the fight which has been afforded 
me of my own flaviifi condition, has rendered my very 
life a burden to me. Cannot you, Sir, tell me of any 
means by which I may be delivered ? I am likewife in 
great pain, from the flings of thofe venemous creatures^ 
which fo forely mole (led me, as I was wandering in Mr, 
Philosophy's dark mazes, and from the bruiies I re- 
ceived in the falls I there met with ;- alio I feel an intol- 
erable fmart from the wound, flight as it appeared, which 
was inflicted on my hand ' by the arrow of him, who did 
fhoot at me from the turret, as I was making my efcape." 

Interpreter. " As for the Rings, and bruifes, and 
the wound, of which you complain, none do ever enter 
the houfe of Mr. Philosophy, unlefs. they be clad in ar* 
mour of proof from the armoury of our King, without 
receiving many fuch hurts as thofe, if nothing worfe be- 
fal them ; and at prefent you mult be contented to bear 
them with patience, though hereafter I may be able to 
provide you fome remedy for them. But as for th* 
chains which fo greatly trouble you, I pray you fliew 
them to me." 

" I do not now perceive them myfelf," laid Good- 
intent. 

" You however feel them," faid the Interpreter. 

H I cannot fay I do," anfweied the young man % 
" yet methought their weight did mightily opprefs me, 
while I viewed them in the mirror of him who was called 
'Rights of man." 

" You will probably be mere fenfible of them when 
yon move" faid the Interpreter. Rife up and walk* 
and prove whether there be any bonds which reftrain 
your limbs." 



44 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Then Good-intent arofe ; but whether he turned 
■hixnfelf to the right hand, or to the left, he could not ob- 
ferve that any thing drew him back, or deprived him of 
the liberty to walk or move which way foever he chofe. 
" It is true, Sir," faid he at laft, " that I cannot now 
perceive myfelf to be in any bondage ; but I remember 
Mr. Philosophy told me that the two giants, who had 
enflaved the whole world, were able alfo, by their magic 
art, to render their captives infenfible of their own con- 
dition ; and I am probably again under the influence of 
that forcery, fince I can no longer difcover the chains, 
which were fo plainly fliewn me in that wonderful 
mirror." 

" And art thou ftill fo blind," faid the Interpreter? 
" that thou canft not difcern to whom the imputation of 
magic belongs ? If thou wert indeed chained, as thine 
enemy would have perfuaded thee, yet while thy bonds 
were invifible, and did no way reftrain thy freedom in 
action, it would be difficult to fay wherein the grievance 
did confift ; but in fact this is nothing more than one of 
thofe vain fhadows, with which Philosophy, himfelf the 
mod powerful of magicians, doth ufe to delude thofe who 
have fallen into his fnares ; to the end that, reforting to 
him for deliverance from an imaginary bondage, they 
may fall into a real one, and fo become the inftruments 
©f the horrible defigns he has formed for the fubverfion 
of every thing which mankind hath hitherto been accus- 
tomed to hold in reverence. But the love thou haft 
fhewn for thy King, by refolutely quitting the abode of 
his enemy, in defpite of all the obftacles which were op- 
pofed to thy efcape, renders thee worthy that the falfe 
impreffions which thefe forceries have made on thy mind 
fhould be removed, and that thou moulded be (hewn that 
thy temporal, as well as thy eternal, interefts can be fecur- 
ed only by a conduct, in every refpect the reverfe of that 
to which Philosofhy impels his votaries. I will there- 
fore explain to thee, in order, all that did befal thee, from 
the time when thou was hrit perfuaded by thy dan- 
gerous companion Curiosity, to tafte of the ft ream of 
Vain-research, which iffues from the fountain -of Pre* 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 45 

sumption, and empties itfelf into the bcundlefs fea of 
Error. Mr. Philosophy, finding that {bream j^ofiefled 
fuch qualities as might render it of confiderable ufe to 
him, in his attempts to miilead pilgrims, was at a great 
expenfe in turning it acrofs the high road : its- original 
courie having lain very wide therefrom ; and the ex- 
traordinary darknels, which came upon your whole 
company, is one of the eifecls which are ufually ex- 
perienced by thofe who drink of its waters. You thus 
laid yourfelves open to the attacks of your enemy ; 
and having but a few moments before walked in 
iafeiy by the light of heaven, you became glad to 
follow the dim taper which he had fent to guide you 
to your ruin. As for the account, which was given 
you by the way, of Mr. Philosophy himfelf, his very 
appearance might have convinced you of its falfehocd ; 
for you could not but fee that his face wore not races of 
that venerable age to which he pretends. In truth, 
there was one who bore the fame name, and who lived in 
Greece about three thoufand years ago ; but with him 
this impoftor hath not even any affinity ; only he 
coveteth to wear robes of the fame fafhion, and to 
mimic the tones of his voice. Neither are his parents 
fuch as he pretends. Reason indeed will fometimes, 
when he is intoxicated, call him his fon ; but when he 
is fober, he conftantly denies that he is any way con- 
nected with him; and as for Nature, whom he would 
claim for his mother, fhe never faw him. His true 
father is no other than Lucifer, from whom he in- 
herited} his pride, and his rebellious fpirit ; but his 
mother was a mortal nymph, called Nonsense ; and 
by her he was firft initrucled in the doctrines, which 
now he teacheth to the world. As for thofe fcholars 
of his, whofe labours he commended to you in his 
academy, they are of the number of thofe, of whom 
it long fince was faid, " that there mould come in the 
lafl days, fcoffers, who of this fhould willingly be ig- 
norant, that, by the word of God, the heavens were 
of old, and the earth, (landing out of the water and 
in the water \ whereby the world that; then was, being 



4 6 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

overflowed with water, perimed.; but the heavens and 
the earth which arc now, by the fame word are kept 
in (tore, referved unto fire, againft the day of judg- 
ment and perdition of ungodly men. Therefore do 
they vaunt themfeives, as 4f, by their pretended dis- 
coveries, both the hiftory and tradition of part ages 
could be fet afide ; as- if, by their wifdom, a world 
could be made, and life and a reafonable foul infilled 
into the creatures which mould inhabit it, without the 
intervention of an Almighty Agent ; and as if, by their 
counfels, this mortal could' be taught to put on im- 
mortality, without the afliftance of Him, who only 
" hath power to change our vile bodies, that they 
may be tafhioned like unto His gloiious body, accord- 
ing to the working whereby He is able even to fubdue all 
things unto himfelf." But I know that you now are weary 
and faint in your " fpirit, through the toils and terrors 
which you have this day undergone; and it will be ex- 
pedient for you- at prefent to take fomc refreihment, by 
which your flrength may be revived. I will therefore 
defer expounding to you the true meaning of the fights . 
which you afterwards beheld, until to-morrow morning ; 
when, as fome of my windows look the. fame way with 
thofe of Mr. Philosophy, Imall, be able to give you a 
better view ofthofe things, which he deceivingly ihewed- 
unto you."' 

With, that,, the Interpreter arofe, and taking Good- 
intent by the hand, he led him into another apartment, 
where a plentiful fupper was provided ; not indeed com- 
pofed of fuch far fetched-dainties as the pilgrim had been 
regaled with at the banquet of his former h'oft, but of 
meats much more no uriihing and healthful ;, and after he 
had eaten a furliciency, he was, by the Interpreter's 
order, conducted to the chamber appointed for his lodg- 
ing, where he enjoyed a comfortable repofe. 

In the morning, as foon as he had breakfafted, Mr. 
Interpreter took him to a window, from which he had 
a fight of the common, whereon flood the company of 
naked men ; but Good-intent, being now much nearer 
to them than he had been placed before, could difcera 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 



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: mifcry in their countenances ; -for each it an was 
more intent on obtaining the maltery over the reft, than 
on providing for himieif thofe tilings whereof he was the 
moil in need ; and if anyone fullered wrong from an- 
other, h_ a had no better reiburce than to retir n ;hat injury 
by a new one ; for they were governed by no laws, 
neither was there any judge by whom the weak could be 
protected from him that was too ftrong for him ; ib that 
every man's hand was againfthiis neighbour, until he who 
was called Social-order appeared amongft them. At 
his approach, their difcord ceafed ; and though he beftow- 
ed not his favours equally, yet even thofe for whom he 
.did the leaft were manifeltly in a better fituation than 
they had been before his arrival ; if he had clothed them 
but in rags, they had reafon to be thankful* fmce before 
they had been naked ; and if they were conftrained to 
labour for the rich, that labour fupplied them with food 
for themfelvcs, for want of which they had before been 
ftarving. Moreover, Good-intent law that many of 
thofe who had abundance, gave freely thereof to fueh as 
were in need ; that no man durft..any more attempt to do 
wrong unto another, beeaufe Social-order was ready to 
take the part of every one who was opprelfed ; and that 
of thofe, who at £rit had been placed in the meaneit fta- 
tions, there were many who* by their indaftry and prudent 
conduct, obtained places, from time to time, among thofe 
who held the higheft ranks ; while there were others, who 
at firft had been gorges ufly clothed, but who, as they 
waited their fubitance by riotous living, were obliged to 
exchange their coitly garments for the rags which the 
others' had cait off. 

" What thinkeft thou now," faid the Interpreter to 
Good- intent ; " whether of the two is .preferable ? The 
fhite of lavage man, where every individual, confcious of 
no dependence on his fellow, lives but for himieif ; where 
confequently he can attain no advantages, but fuch as his 
own limited abilities can procure him ; and where the 
conftant infecurity of .property confines all enjoyment 
within the prefent moment, and fullers no bright proipect 
of futurity to enlarge or ennoble the mind ; or that ftate 



48 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

of things which, under the direction of a benign Provi- 
dence, has been introduced by Social-order? Of per- 
fection this world is not the feat ; of the wifeft human in- 
ftitutions it is therefore eafy to difcover the defects. The 
only fair method of judging, is to compare the benefits 
with the inconveniences which refult from them ; but to 
that end, it is neceifary to view them in all their parts ; 
and it is therefore one chief artifice of Mr. Philosophy, 
to permit his pupils to behold but on one fide the objects 
which/he prefents to them. Where there is a gradation 
of ranks, the occafional exaltation of the unworthy, and 
depreffion of the meritorious, mud, among human crea- 
tures, be unavoidable ; yet, even in the mod corrupt 
times, fuch abufes will not be univerfal, fince mod of the 
groifer vices naturally lead to poverty and contempt, 
while godlinefs hath " the promife of the life that now is, 
as well as of that which is to come ;" and when this 
world fhalL pafs away, and, that which is perfect fliall 
facceed it, then fhall it evidently appear that all things, 
whether happy or calamitous in their prefent afpect, fhall 
alike have worked together for good to thofe who have 
loved and obeyed their celeftial King." 

" I am infinitely beholden to you, Sir," faid Good- 
intent, " for having fet me right on a point fo import- 
ant as this, I now perceive how much I was milled by 
that imperfect view which Mr. Philosophy afforded 
me ; and that Social-order, whom he reprefented as 
the author of all the evils of this world, is, in fact, 
man's trued benefactor. But, I pray you, let us pro- 
ceed a little farther. I furely could not be equally 
wrong in the judgment I formed refpecting the next fight 
which was (hewn unto us ; in the abhorrence I felt at 
that terrible prifon, nor in my zealous admiration of her 
who overthrew its walls," 

" I do not blame you," faid the Interpreter, " for the 
opinions which you were led to entertain on that iubject; 
yet* I will fhew you that even there you formed your 
judgment too haftily." 

And with that, he led the pilgrim to another place, 
from which they had a view of the tower. Good-intent 



•PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 49 

again beheld it with indignation ; but the Intep^preter 
bade him look around, and he law on every fide good 
dwelling -houfes, and flouriflimg lands ; till ihe who was 
called Liberty came, and overthrew the tower ; when 
behold, as it fell, the earth opened to receive it, and 
where it once had ftood, the pilgrim now faw a lake of 
blood, whence prefently flowed a ftream, which deluged 
all the country round. The fruitful fields were no long- 
er to be ieen ; and as Liberty, now rifen to a gigantic 
Height, fialked proudly through the crimfon flood, every 
houfe at her approach changed its form, and became a. 
dungeon, more black and mere noifcnie than the tower 
had been which fhe had overthrown ; and inftead of the 
few prifoners who had been confined in that tower. 
Good-intent now perceived that half the inhabitants of 
the land, with groans which pierced his foul, . mourned 
their hopelefs captivity. 

" O, Sir ! ?> cried the pilgrim, " what am I to under- 
dim d by this ? Can this be the work of Liberty I" 

" Not, affuredly, of true Liberty, 79 faid the Inter- 
preter, " who is a very d liferent perfonage from her 
whom Mr. Philosophy and his followers think proper 
to call fuch. True Liberty, is of celeftial origin ; 
flie is the infeparable companion of Good -government) 
and fome of her children are Property, Security, and Pub- 
l.c-happinefs ; but this falie pretender to her name" is 
the lifter of the fiend Anarchy, by whom ilie is fent 
forth, to endeavour, by her enticing words, and her 
magic power, to reduce the whole world under his domin- 
ion. And through the folly and wickednefs of man, 
and his reftlefs fpirit, ever given to change, her conquefts 
already have been 'great ; infomuch that we have icen 
her, « as God, fitting in the temple of God/ Nay, 
though wherever fhe has come, the effecls of her pretence 
have been fuch as you have now beheld the eyes of the 
ilmple ones are not yet opened ; and there are even 
thofe, who would gladly expel from among them the 
true and friendly Liberty, that they might give her 
place to -this pernicious fhadow. But be not thou of 
their xiumber $ remembering that of fuch it was long 
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X THE PROGRESS OF THE 

fmce written, c while they promife you Liberty, they 
themfelves are the fervants of Corruption. " 

Good-intent aflured the Interpreter, that what he 
had icen would Efficiently fecure him againft the perfua- 
fion of all who fought to eftablifli the empire of Anar- 
chy, through the deceits of the ibrcerefs his filter. 
" But, Sir," added he, •" what you have fhewri me con- 
cerning th-.e two laft fights has rendered me fo much 
the more impatient to hear what you will tell me of the 
next ; which was the firfi: thing, of all that I met with 
in the palace of Mr. Philosophy, whence I derived any 
fufpicion that I was among thofe who weie the enemies 
of my king ; and though, from that moment, I ceafed 
to give implicit credit to all he faid, yet do I feel that 
your explanations are very neceffary to fet my mind at 
cafe, and to relieve it from the evil impreffion which, 
contrary to my will, he made on it." 

The Interpreter, gladly complying with his requeft, 
then led him away to another place, whence they could 
fee the woman who wore on her bread the bloody crofs, 
exulting over the aihes of thofe who had been confirmed 
by the flame which proceeded out of her mouth. 

" In thisfcene," faid the Interpreter, " more clearly 
than in any other, may be traced the wiles of him who 
fought your deftruction. He could not have deviled 
more effectual- means to engage ycu in that pretended* 
war, which lie profeifes to wage againft, SuperjlitiGU 
and Dt/potifm, than by (hewing you, in all their hor- 
rors, the deeds of this execrable wretch, who is indeed, 
as he told you, the daughter of Su x , and to 

whom Defpotiftu has frequently delegated his power ; 
but whereas he would have perfuaded you, that in this 
deformed and cruel monitor you beheld the figure of 
Christianity, call your eyes upward, and fee whether 
there be even any ihadow of reiemblance, fuch as could 
deceive the moit unwary." 

Then Good-intent looked up, and he beheld, feated 
above the clouds, another female figure, who in her ap- 
pearance bore the afpect of an angel of light, and 
excellence of whole beauty artoniihed the eyes of all who 
were able fteadily to lock upon her. Ccleftis.1 love, firm 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENi;. $1 

faith, and ecftatic hope, beamed on her countenance ; 
and in her hand flie bore a banner, whereon was infcrib- 
ed, " Glory to God in the higheft, and on earth peace 
and good will towards men." 

Good-intent gazed enraptured on the glorious vi- 
fion ; and the Interpreter, again addrefting him, " She 
whom thou now feed," faid he, " is Christianity ; and 
fuch as fhe now appears to thee has flie ever been ; for 
her heavenly fubftancc is fufceptible of no change nor 
decay. But fhe who fits below, whole true name is 
Perfectition ; has ever been her moil; inveterate foe. 
When Christianity fitft appeared to blefs mankind, 
the whole race of SuperJlHiou openly took arms a- 
gain ft her, and drove to drive her back to her native 
abodes ; but when, in defpite of fuch enemies, her power 
prevailed, they foon feigned themfelves her fervants, 
affirmed her enfigns, and pretended her authority even 
for the ilaughter of her own moil faithful friends ; and 
latterly, as thou haft already heard, her very name has 
been aicrlbed to this fiend Pefjecutio::, by thofe Vvho 
fet their mouth againft the heavens, and who hope, un- 
der that pretence, to accompliih their treacherous deflgns 
againft her. But look attentively, and fee what fel- 
lows." 

Then Good-intent looked, and beheld ! Christi- 
anity fpread her wings, and defcended towards them in 
all her brightnefs : as fhe approached, the earth feemed 
to feel her influence, and all things that were en it to 
rejoice in her prefence. Averting her &yes 9 left they 
fhould be polluted by the fight of her enemy's cruelties, 
Hie alighted on the ground ; and as fhe waved her ban- 
ner, every veftige of horror quickly vanifhed away ; 
and Perfecution herfelf, dropping the white garments 
which fhe had worn but to defile them, and the facred 
enfign which her crimes had occasioned die ignorant to 
blafpheme, and- appearing in all her native deform it:", 
fled, pale and trembling, from the face of the offended 
power. Then Good-intent looked, to fee whither fhe 
would betake herfelf; and much was he furprifed to per- 
ceive that lire went ftraight to the houfe of Mr. Philoso- 
phy ; and behold ! Mr. Philosophy himfelf came fortk 



5~ THE PROGRESS OF THE 

to meet: her ; and having comforted and -embraced 1 
he put into her band a phial, of which when fhe had 
drank the contents, . her ftrength and boldnefs were 
renewed. Then he clothed her in other garments ; and 
having put a fword into her hand, he fent her forth, to 
renew her opprefiions over the face of all the world. 

" What am I to think of this ?" faid Good-intent ; 
" Is it poMlble that Mr. Philosophy can have entered 
into a bague with her, whofe bloody deeds appeared to 
have inipired him with fo much horror ?" 

" He will teach her to refine on all her former cruel- 
ties," replied the Interpreter. ; "for, however he might 
inveigh againft her, while he pretended to confider her 
as the miniirer of your king, he was all the time well 
aware how valuable her affi fiance might be rendered to- 
rus own defigns. He has now, therefore, engaged her 
in his fervice ; and where his arts mall not avail, he will 
entr.uA: to her the advancement of his caufe, and the 
propagation of his doctrines." 

" But furely they will not be permitted long to tri- 
umph, " faid Good-intent. 

" It is not my ofiice," faid the. Interpreter, " to- 
declare to you the times and the feafons, which are not 
yet made known unto men. For the trial of the faith of 
the righteous are thefe things permitted on the earth ; 
and he who fhall endure unto the end,' the fame (hall be 
faved. Wherefore, be thou vigilant ; and neither fufFer 
thyfelf to be again reduced out of the right path by de- 
ceitful words, nor to be terrified into a wrong one 
through any- apprehenfion of the cruelty of Perfecution> 
fhould it fall to thy lot to be afTaulted by her ; remember- 
ing by what authority thou haft been forewarned * not to 
be afraid of them that kill the body, and after that 
have no more that they can do:" feeing that He only 
ought to be the object of thy fear, who, " after he hath 
killed, hath power alio to caft into hell." 

Now I faw in my dream, that though Good-intent 
was grieved at the thought of the evils which were com- 
ing upon the world, he was yet much comforted in his 
mind, by the view which had been afforded him of the 
true form of Christianity ; and having followed 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 53 

condu&or to another place, the Interpreter there put 
a glafs into his hands, and bade him view through that 
the fcence before him. 

" It is a glafs," faid lie, " which was made by no 
other than Mr. Philosophy hirnfelf; and through iron 
glailes as thefe did you all behold that lair, fcene, on 
which your enemy particularly depended for the aecom- 
plifhment of his purpofe. It is true you perceived them 
not ; for they were by magic art fufpended in the air 
before you, and their tranfparency rendered them invisi- 
ble to your eyes ; and it is in order to enable you to 
judge of their deceitful efFecb,. that I defire you now to 
ufe one of the fame kind." 

Good-intent then looking through the glafs, faw that 
numerous company of men who were ieemingly fo happy 
in their captivity, with the two deformed giants, whole 
chains they wore. 

" Now lay afide that falfe glafV' faid the Inter pre 
ter, " and lefok again." 

So he locked again, and behold a different f 
prefented itfelf to his eyes. Inftead of the two giants, 
he now faw two grave and venerable perfonages, whole 
whole refemblance to them confided in that one word a 
crown, and the other a mitre ':■ moreover the people no 
longer appeared oppreffed with any bonds ; but while 
they lived in profperity and peace, occupied with their 
farms and with their merchandife, a certain number. 
fome deputed by their fellows, and fome called forward 
by their prince, aifembled round him who wore the 
crown, and fat with him in council, to deliberate on the 
rneafures requifite to be taken for the benefit of the 
whole community ; while he who wore the mitre afium- 
ed no control over the reft, but was occupied in inftru cl- 
ing them with brotherly kindnefs, in the duties they 
owed to their Creator, and to each other; fervently pray- 
ing to Him who evermore ruleth in the heavens, for his 
bleffings on them all. 

" Such as thou feed," faid Mr. Interpreter, " is 
the ftate of thofe who are fubject to La'coful-gci 
visnt and Church-fader ; thofe two venerable perfons, 
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54 THE PROGRESS OF THfi 

whom, when viewed through Mr. Philosophy's falfe 
glafs, appeared to thee in the gigantic forms of 
Defpottfm and Super jilt ion ; monfters, who have in- 
deed committed the mo ft deplorable ravages in the 
earth, and whole very names are therefore calculated to 
rnfpire horror ; but who have long fince been driven far 
from the regions through which thou and thy fellow 
pilgrims have to travel ; and if ever they rename their 
empire, they will ewe it to Mr. Philosophy : himfelf ; 
who, by fubverting the authority of thofe who now 
maintain order in the world, will leave the nations an 
eafy prey to thefb cruel invaders, who will fearceiy 
neglecl fuch an opportunity of attempting the re-eftab* 
llfhment of their former power. The mirror of that phan- 
tom, who bore the name of Rights-of-man, was prepared 
with the fame magical arts as the glades, through which, 
unknown to yourfelves, Mr. Philosophy caufed you to 
view the fight which is now before you. The men, who 
had been deluded with the appearance of their imaginary 
chains, were on the point of rebelling againft their gov- 
ernors, and of involving themfelves with them in one 
general defrruclion ; when fortunately a perfon, whofe 
name was Common-sense, threw a ftone, which broke 
the mirror ; and immediately the fpell was diilblved, and 
public tranquillity was reftored." 

" But hold," faid Good-intent, " though you have 
fo clearly fhewn me how falfely thefe things were repre- 
fented to me by Mr. Philosophy, yet, on looking more 
attentively, I drfcern fome perfons yonder who aie loaded 
with chains of no imaginary weight. Who are they I 
and wherefore are they thus oppreffed ?" 

" Thofe," faid the Interpreter, " are a few, who 
did not, fo fpeedily as- the reft,, forget what Rights-of- 
man had taught them. He had allured them, that of 
every fpecies of property, which they beheld in the po£- 
feffion of others, they were entitled to their refpeclive 
fliares. That it was allowable for them to help them- 
felves to thofe fliares, was an inference obvioufly deduci- 
ble from fuch a maxim ; but, unluckily for them, in the 
ancient archives of the ftate, a law \fts preferred ,^ whick 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 53 

£ud, c Thou malt not (leal ;' and to the penalties impos- 
ed by that law are they now obliged to fubmit." 

" Their bondage then is juft," faid Good-intent : 
" yet, if rulers are entrufted with a power to inrilvfl cap- 
tivity and death, how can any man, who is fubjecl: to 
them, confider himfelf as in a ftate of fecurity ? " 

" Thofe rulers whom thou feed before thee," fifrid the 
Interpreter, " have no power to flay orto impriibn 
any, but fuch as are condemned by juft laws and impar- 
tial judges ; but were it otherwife,- thy que (lion was an- 
fwered long ago by one who lived under a -worfe gov- 
ernment than thou hail ever feen : " Wilt thou not bs 
afraid of the power \ Do that which is good, and thou 
fhalt have praife of the fame ;• for he is the minifter cf 
God to thee for good : but, if thou doll that which is 
evil, be afraid : for he beareth not the fword in vain-. 
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the 
evil." Wherefore, if fecurity be thy defire, let it be thy 
fludy continually to follow after goodnefs, meeknefs, 
temperance : again ft fuch, in no country, unlefs it bs 
where Philosophy hath eftablifhed his dominion, is there 
any law." 

Good-intent now declared himfelf entirely relieved 
from all the uneaftnefs which his former imperfect, view 
of things had" left udou his mind ; and having mod 
gratefully thanked Mr. Interpreter for having thu3 
opened his eyes to the truth, and given him fo many 
excellent counfels, he profeffed his readinefs to fet for- 
ward again on his journey. 

But the Interpreter invited him to ftay with him all 
the remainder of that day ; " For," laid he, " you 
would at prefent find yourfelf much molefted by thofe 
who were lately your companions, and who, about this 
time, are fetting forth on the expedition to which Mr. 
Philosophy hath impelled them; but they will foon 
turn into a different road, and to-morrow morning you 
may refurne your journey in peace. I cannot, indeed, 
promife you that you w r ill travel very far before you fall 
in with fome of thofe who are enemies to your king, cf 
whom there are many bands, fpreading themfelves far 
and v/ide over ths whole country through which you ars 



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to pafs ; but though it will be your duty firmly to refiii 
fuch, whenever they attempt either forcibly or fraudu- 
lently to turn you from your way, it is yet unneceffary 
that you ihouid voluntarily encounter the firft fury of the 
mad troop which is now about to iffue forth, and of 
which, if it will gratify you, I can afford you a fpeedv 
view." 

Goob-intent being defirous to fee them, the Inter* 
preter led him to an upper chamber, from which they 
looked directly towards the houfe of Mr. Philosophy, 
and could alio defcry a confiderable portion of the high 
road. And prefently they law Mr. Philosophy's gates 
thrown open, and a numerous company of men raft 
forth. There appeared among them perfons of all con- 
ditions ; and Good-intent foon diftingifhed, in the 
midft of the band, thofe whom he had left behind him 
the day before in the black temple * he alfo obferved many 
others whom he had feen among the guefts of Mr.- 
Philosophy at fupper ; and particularly he remarked 
the men with the fierce countenances^ who had fat apart 
from the reft, and who wore daggers in their girdles. 
Thefe were now mingled with the others m one troop :- 
there were, moreover many women in the company ; 
but all bore in their hands fome inftrument of death, 
which they waved above their heads with hideous yell- 
ings ; frequently intermixing with their cries the mod 
horrid blafphemies againft Him who reigns on high, and 
threats againft all men on the earth, fuch only excepted 
as mould, like themfelves, acknowledge no other lords 
than Atheism and Anarchy. Good-intent was 
aftonifhed to fee that thofe who had been fo recently his 
own companions, were animated by the fame frantic 
fpirit as the reft ; and he could not forbear exprefting to 
the Interpreter his furprife, that, in fo fhort a time, 
they mould have made fo great a progrefs in ferocity ; 
for though he had beheld with abhorrence their apoftafy 
from their King, he had yet thought fome of* them of 
too mild a nature to be perfuaded to join in the exeefres 
of this defperate crew. 

" When men have once abjured the protection of their 
their Creator/' faid the Interpreter, " they -foil pre- 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, $J 

cipitately from oae wickednefs to'another, while there is 
none to uphold thenl. Thefe men, you may remember, 
were impatient to receive from Anarchy the Iwords, the 
very touch of whieh , Mr. Philosophy affured them, 
would produce fuch wonderful effects ; and in fact, with 
inch powerful drugs were thcfe fwords charmed, that, 
inftantly on their grafping them, they were ail infpired 
with the mod outrageous fury \ infomuch that Mr. Phi- 
losophy himfelf could fcarcely reftrain them from fall- 
ing upon each other in his prefence. He foon however 
recovered his influence over them, and iucceeded in turn- 
ing their rage againft his enemies, whom they are now 
Tallying forth to attack." 

" And whither will they go V* demanded Good-in- 

TENT. 

" They will continually be led on by delufive fhad- 
ows," anfwered the Interpreter; " and imagining 
that they light againft Defpotifm and Superflition, they 
will wage war againft all who maintain the caufe 
of Lawful-government and Churcb-order, and endeav- 
our to overthrow their fway in ail countries where 
they are owned, erecting in their ftead that of Athe- 
ism and Anarchy ; hay, fuch is their arrogance, 
that they think even to dethrone the King of the Celejiial 
City, to whom heaven and earth are fu Eject. — But wait 
"till thou fhalt enter into the fanctuary of God ; then wilt 
thou under ftand the end of thefe men." 

Then I beheld that the Interpreter bade Good-in- 
tent look along the road, on the which he was to travel ; 
and at a diftance before them, he faw a high hill. 

" That," faid the Interpreter, " is the hill Dif- 
ficulty, which thou muft afcend ; but caft thine eyes to 
the left, on thofe dark mountains, to which the path 
leads which is called Dejlruciion, and obfeive that fteep 
and craggy one, which towers above all the reft ; that 
is the mountain of Revolution. The afcent of it is the 
firft enterprife which thofe mad men muft achieve ; and 
hence truly it may plainly appear, triat the children of 
this world are ever more regardlefs of toil, than the chil- 
dren of light ; for few labours await thee in thy pilgrim- 
age, worthy to be compared with this, which they are 



58 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

about to undertake. All the paffes about the bottom of 
the mountain are guarded by the troops of La*wful- 
government* who will fally forth, and grievoufly annoy 
them : if they prevail againft thofe, they will afterwards - 
climb up flippery paths, by the edge of terrible preci- 
pices, where huge fragments of rock are continually 
giving way, and overwhelming travellers with fudden 
ruin ; and even on the very fummit of the mountain 
there are many dangerous bogs, nay, and that where the 
grafs appears the greeneft, where, if a man diance to 
tread, he fuddenly finks to rife no more. Whereas thy 
path, though it be difficult, is fafe, and thou haft the af- 
furance that the end thereof will be everlafting life. Be 
not thou, therefore, weary in well doing; while thofe- 
who do ill, neither faint through fatigue, nor fuifer them- 
felves to be turned back by the fear of any danger." 

Good-intent promifed the Interpreter he would 
never be unmindful of his counfels ; and then, defcend- 
ing from the houfe top, the old gentleman led his guefl 
into the parlour, where by that time dinner was ready. 
After they had rifen from table, he fhewed him mod of 
thofe lights which he had heretofore fhewn to Christian, 
and to Christiana his wife, that through them the pil- 
grim's refolution might be the farther ftreitgthened ; and 
leading him into his garden, he there caufed him to drink 
of the waters of a well, which was called the well of 
Truth ; and after that draught, the pain of the hurts 
which he. had received in the palace of Mr. Philosophy, 
which was already greatly abated, was entirely removed, 
fo that he felt them no longer. 

They fpent the reft of the evening in profitable conver- 
fation ; with which Good-intent wasfo greatly delight- 
ed, that, had not the difcourfe of the Interpreter re- 
doubled his impatience to proceed on his journey, he 
could have been well contented to have paffed the re- 
mainder of his life in his company. In the morning he 
arofe early ; and going to take leave of his kind hoft, he 
felt himfelf unable fufficiently to exprefs the gratitude he- 
owed him ; but the Interpreter told him, that the moll 
certain evidence he could give him of it would be by the 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT* S9 

conftant obfervance of his cotmfels ; and then, bidding 
him God fpeed, he fuifered him to depart. 

Now I law in ray dream that the young man went 
forwards with a good pace ; and for a little way he 
could plainly trace the footfteps of Mr. Philosophy's 
furious followers, who had paft by the day before : who, 
as they went, had torn down the fences en either fide of 
the road, and done what mifchief they could in the lands 
adjoining ; but he perceived that they had turned out of 
that road before they came to the Crofs y and entered a 
lane on the left hand, which was their neareft way to the 
mountain of Revolution. 

He was glad to lofe for a time all traces of them ; and 
continuing to go on, he foon came to the place where 
'Christian's burden had fallen off his back. There he 
iiopped : and renewing at the foot of the crofs all his 
good refolutions, he humbly implored for himfelf a par- 
ticipation in thofe benefits, which, through it, had been 
procured for all, who with true, penitent hearts, and a 
lively faith, were followers of Him, by whom only com- 
eth falvation. After he had thus continued a while in 
prayer, he rofe, feeling himfelf inwardly much ureiigth- 
ened, and proceeded on his journey. 

He had not gone far, when he perceived before him a 
youth, who appeared nearly of his own age, and who was 
travelling the fame way with himfelf, but very leifurely ; 
for he was burled in making a garland of rofe buds, 
which he battened to gather before they withered, to adorn 
his hair withal ; and, thus employed, he paid little atten- 
tion to his goings, but ftepped, femetimes to the right, 
and fometimes to the left, without regarding where hefet 
his foot. When he faw Good-intent, however, he was 
much rejoiced, and threw away his flowers,' hoping to 
iind greater amufement in the company of a young pil- 
grim of fo pleafant a countenance. Good-intent alio 
greeted him fairly, and inquired whether he were bound, 
like himfelf, to the Celeftial City. 

" Certainly," anfwered the youth ; " for fmce I find 
that I muft needs, fome time or other, quit the pleafant 
land of my nativity, I would rather go to that city than 
elfewhere. Yet I have hitherto found the road fo dull, 
that I have been many times in the mind to turn hack." 



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" I hope not," faid Good-intent ; " I hope you are 
not fo carelefs of your own eternal fafety, as to entertain 
any fuch perilous thoughts," 

" O ! not now," faid the young man ; " not while I. 
have you for a companion ; for, truly, I like your looks ; 
and I am perfuaded that we mall foon become great 
'friends, and walk on very pleafantly together." 

Good-intent was not altogether fo well pleafed with 
his new affociate as his new aiibciate was with him ; yet, 
feeing that they were travelling the fame way, and that 
the young man expreiTed fo friendly a difpolltion towards 
him, he returned him a fuitable anfwer, and was content- 
ed for the prefent to walk on in his company. Then 
they afked each other of their names and extraction : and 
the young man faid that his name was Light-mind, and 
that he came from the town of Thougktlejfnefsj in the 
valley of Idlenefs* 

Good-intent. " And what adventures have you met 
with fmce you let out from your own country ?" 

Light-mind. " Adventures! Truly none; unlefs 
you call it an adventure to walk ftrait forwards by my- 
felf, and hear the croakings of the ravens in the hedges." 

Good-intent ; "How! Did Mr. Philosophy let 
you pafs without making an attempt to inveigle you into 
his palace ?" 

Light-mind. " O ! You mean the large new houfe, 
that ftands on the left fide of the way.. Why, indeed, as 
I pafled over a bridge near the gate, a man came forth 
to me, and counfelled me to drink of the water of the 
ftream ; but I was not thirfty, neither was the water in- 
viting to mine eye, fo I refilled ; however, he ftill went 
on perfuading me, if I would net drink, yet to go to the 
houfe ; and as he told me I mould be well entertained 
there, I might poflibly have confented to follow him, 
had T not feen a company of men walking in the pleas- 
ure-grounds, who, he faid, were fome of his mailer's 
chief friends ; and a more fhabby, beggarly fet I never 
beheld. So alluring myfelf there could be no company 
there fit for a gentleman to aiTociate with, I would not 
demean myfelf by going among them, but walked on ia 
my own road. Then he who had been talking with me, 
reviled me, and went his way."* 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 6t 

Goor -intent. " I wouM I had been as eafilj 
e J as you were by the ill-favoured appearance of I 
men ; for by what motive fbever I had been withheld 
(torn entering the palace of their mailer, it Would in the 
end have fpared me much uneaflnefs, But I conclude 
you went afterwards to the home of the Interpreter ; 
for befides the profit to be reaped there, reft and refreih- 
rnent mull have been very iieceiiary to you on your 
journey." 

Ligkt-mixd; « Not I indeed! What amufement 
could one of my years find in the company of that old 
grey beard ? Half a century hence, perhaps, fitch a com- 
panion may be very fuitable to me ; but, for the prefent, 
rather than give myfelf the trouble of paying for my 
lodging by patiently liftening to his long ftories, I chofe 
to put up with a green bank for my pillow ; and, as for 
a fupper, I was at no lofs on that fc ore, fince I have, as 
you fee, this wallet ; which was plentifully filled with the 
moft dainty food oy my mother Indulgence^ before I fet 
out upon my pilgrimaged ' 

Now, I law in my dream, that Gcod-iment was 
much offended to hear his good friend, the Interpreter, 
fpoken of thus lightly : fo he took his part with great 
warmth, and endeavoured to convince his companion how 
much he had been in the wroncc in neglecting to vifit him, 

O o O 

as he had pad his houfe ; " And it is much to be feared," 
(aid he, H that if you now avoid fuch company becaufe 
are young, when you mail have lived through the 
half century which you fo confidently promife yourfelf, 
you may no longer have it in your power to obtain ad- 
miilion to it." He then went on to fpeak of the great 
advantages which he himfelf had derived from his vifit 
to the Interpreter ; and Light-mind heard him with 
fuch ready acquiefcervce, that Good-intent conceived 
great .hopes that he fhould ibon be able to prevail with 
him to adopt very different fentiments. So they went 
on, till they came to the foot of the hill Difficulty, the 
fight of which did rather invigorate tire fpirits of Good- 
intent, who was eager to prefs forward and gain the 
iummit ; but Its fteepnefs did forely difmay his comoan- 
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6% THE PROGRESS OF THE • 

ion, who profefFed himfelf unable to attempt the afcent. 
Good-intent earneftly conjured him not to fuffer him- 
felf to be fo eaftly difcouraged, nor to give up all the 
advantages, in the hope of which he had proceeded fo 
far on his pilgrimage, rather than encounter a little dif- 
ficulty ; and he even offered to affift him in climbing, 
though his own toil would be thereby fo greatly increafed* 

On this, Light-mind was afhamed to refufe any 
longer ; " But at leaft,'' faid he, " let me fit awhile by 
this fountain, to take a little reft, before I attempt an 
enterprlfe fo troublefome ; for you ought to confider, 
that you have been fpending thefe laft two nights at the 
houfe of the Interpreter, where you tell me you found 
yourfelf fo mightily at your eafe ; whereas I have had no 
better a bed than the bare ground, fince I firft fet out 
from the. houfe of my kind mother. Since, therefore, I 
have not partaken of the fame refrefhments as you, it is 
natural that I fliould feel myielf more overcome by the 
fatigues of the way : wherefore let me reft myfelf a little, 
and afterwards I will go forward with you," 

Good-intent made no objection to this propofal, 
though on, his own account he felt little inclination for 
xeft. So they fat down by the fide of the fpring, and 
Li ght-mind opened his wallet* and took out fome cakes ; 
but Good-intent had a- bunch of dried fruit," which had 
been given to him by the Interpreter ; and I faw that 
each did offer to the other part of his fare, but each liked 
his own the beft : fo they did eat and refrefh themfelves, 
and they drank of the water of the fpring. 

While they were thus fitting, on a fudden they heard 
/>n their. right hand a noife_ of melodious mufic, which 
was as that of many inftriiments, fkilfully played on, 
and well accorded together, accompanying the voice of 
.a finger, which in fweetnefs far furpalTed them all. By 
degrees the found drew nearer ; and the pilgrims riling, 
and advancing a few paces towards it, they defcried 
.coming down the path that was called Danger, a com- 
pany of beautiful nymphs, of whom fome were the mu-' 
ikians who formed this rare concert, and the reft, danc- 
ing to the meafure, encircled one, who appeared to be 
their miftrefs, and who walked in the midft with a more 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 63 

than (lately deportment. Light-mind was tranfported 
with joy at the fight of this goodly company ; but Good- 
intent had learned to trull lefs to appearances ; and 
though the nymphs feemed as fair in his eyes, as they 
did in thofe of his companion, yet the firft thought 
which arofe in his mind, as he beheld them, was a refolu- 
tion that he would not, for their fakes, be perfuaded to 
turn afide from the way, which he knew to be the right 
one. 

They foon came up to the fpot where the pilgrim^ 
flood ; and the nymphs falling back, their miilrefs 
advanced, and fairly accofted the two young men. She 
was a gentlewoman of a marvellous good mein, and 
though ihe was not by nature of a fair complexion, that- 
defec! was abundantly lupplied by art : ihe had a haugh- 
ty air, yet withal a very enticing fmile :- flie was, more- 
over, very fantastically clad ;• but what feemed the 
ftrangell to the pilgrims was, that, while they looked at' 
her, they beheld her garments affurning every moment 
a new fhape -or hue : even the colour of her hair changed/ 
before their eyes ; and, inftead of a lap-dog, ihe carried" 
a cameleon in hex arms. 

" Gentlemen," faid flie to the pilgrims, " I will not 
affront perfons of your figure fo much, as to fuppofe 
you have not heard of me ; though in regard that you 
are young, and have but newly entered into the world, 
you have not yet prefented yourfelves at my court, to 
pay me the homage which I claim from all. I am called 
the Lady Fafnion : thefe nymphs, whom you fee in my 
train, are the Pleafures ; all people of condition acknow- 
ledge me as their fovereign lady and miilrefs : wherefore 
I doubt not but that you will rejoice in the opportunity I 
now offer you of making me amends for your pad ne- 
glecl, and of fpeedily attaining the high honors to which 
it is my cuftom to exalt my favourites." 

" We are beholden to you, madam," anfwered 
Good-intent, " for the courtefy you defign us ; but, 
before we accept it, we mull know what homage it is 
that you expect from us 5 for we cannot ferve two 



04 PROGRESS OF THE 

xnafters ; neither will we leave him who has bound as 
unto him by fo many benefits, and from whom we look 
for our everlaiiing reward, to put curfelves under inch 
iiihjection to any other, as may alienate us from that un- . 
divided obedience which v~e owe unto him." 

" Are you mad," whifpered Light-mind to Gooi>- 
smtent, " to aniv/er fo fine a lady fo uncivilly ?" 

Then faid the Lady FafJnon, " You need entertain 
no apprehenfions that I mail engage you in any actions 
which can draw upon you the anger of your prince ; for 
though I do not rigidly mild that my votaries mall ac- 
knowledge his authority, yet* if it pleafes themfelves to 
to do fo, I by no means object to it, but permit then* 
openly to profess themfelves his fubjects, and to obey 
fuch of his injunctions as are reafonable, and not im- 
proper to be obferved by peribns of a certain rank. All 
indeed that I require of thole whom I favour is, that they 
wear inch garments as I chufe for them, and conform to 
my directions in a few more trifles, equally indifferent ; 
and, in return, I admit them to my bower, and mew 
• an eafy and pleaiant path through the groves of 
;. w&reby they may proceed on their journey, 
without giving themielves the trouble of climbing up 
this Peeep and craggy hill, a labour only fit to be under- 
taken by thofe vulgar pilgrims, whofe prefence w T ould 
dilgrace my court. " 

Then I law in my dream, that Good-intent beheld 
her with indignation, and faid, " It is indeed true, O 
vain and deceitful woman : that the fir ft compliances 
which thou doit demand appear light and harmlefs ;. and 
as we defire to live peaceably with all men, we would 
readily avail ourfelves of the liberty which is given to us 
to confent to thy will in all matters really indifferent j 
but, in requiring us to turn afide from the way of cur 
Lord, thou doit fufaciently difcover to us thy evil pur- 
pofes ; for thofe who truly honor him, efteem none of 
his injunctions unreafonable ; but, remembering that 
with him is no refpect of perfons, will never imagine 
that any worldly rank can exempt its pofleiTor from the 
obligation, to which all men are equally fubjecc*. to keep 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 6$ 

the whole law. Wherefore, if thou and thy train refufe 
to afcend this mountain with us, thy invitations to us 
are vain, for we can in no wife confent to walk with 
thee." 

" And why mould you efteem it fo neceffary," replied 
the Lady Fafhion, iC to afcend that dreary mountain ? 
Or, if you are right at the laft, what can it fignify 
which path you take at the beginning of your journey i 
The road which I fhall iliew you winds round the foot 
of the hill Difficulty ; and, avoiding that dangerous 
fwamp, the valley of Humiliation , is both "the fafeft, and 
the pleafanteft, by which you can travel to the town of 
Vanity, through which, as it is known to every body, 
you mud neceffarily pafs in your way to the Celefiial 
Country ; and having once reached that town, and par- 
taken a while of its delights, you will afterwards be free 
to purine your journey onwards, by whatfoever path you 
chufe." 

Then Good-intent looked at the mountain, and it 
appeared to him more dreary than at fTrft ; for its fummit 
w r as clad with ftormy clouds, while below the air was 
clear, and no wind was fell, fave a light breeze, which 
wafted the moft delectable perfumes from the groves 
of Dijfipation. But the pilgrim bethought himfelf rf 
his book ; and, when he opened it, he found written 
therein, " The faihion of this world paffeth away ;" 
" but he that doeth the will of God, abideth for ever/' 
Then was his heart fortified in his good refo rations* 
and he refufed to liften any longer to the perfuafions 
of feducers ; but looking round for Light-mind, that 
he might lead him alio forward in the way w r herein 
he was purpofed to walk himfelf, he found him not ; 
for two damfels in the train of Fafoion, Pomp and Lux- 
ury, by name, had enamoured the fimple youth, who 
had paid little attention to the arguments of his com- 
panion, and were leading him in triumph towards their 
miftrefs's bower. 

When Good-intent at laft defcried him, in his eager- 
nefs to overtake him and call him back, he ran feme 
paces after him. Then FaJbion % honing that, though 
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66 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

he had at fir ft refilled her allurements, he might never* 
thelefs be vanquiilied as cafily as Light-mind had been 
by the charms of her nymphs, commiffioned them to ufe 
all their arts to enfnare him ; and I faw in my dream 
that, obedient to their Queen's command, Amufement 
danced around him, and, feizing his hand, fportively 
Courted him to join her revels ; and Tafte 9 approaching 
on the other fide, offered to lead him to thofe delicious 
groves, which her fkill had adorned, where (he would cult 
for him the faireft flowers, and where delights, unknown 
to vulgar fouls, invited his enjoyment. 

Good- intent was nearly overcome* He was now 
within fight of the verdant walks of the groves of Difjipa- 
t'toHy which were thronged with crowds of people in the 
moil fplendid dreffes, and in which he beheld Light- 
mind furrounded by anew company of damfels, not clad 
in the virgin robes which were worn by thofe who had at 
firft appeared, but decked with the gaudy and fhamelefs 
attire of harlots \< two of thefe, obferving the approach of 
Good-intent, advanced to the entrance of the grove, as 
if to receive him ; and he perceived that they beckoned to 
his condirctreifes, who, anfwering the fignal, quickened 
their pace, and drew him more forcibly along. Now fhe, 
whom A7nufement thus haftened to meet, was known 
by her haggard looks and fluihed complexion, her intem- 
perate laugh, and her half frantic geflures, to be Excefs ; 
while Prodigality, fcattering gold with both her hands, 
and catching in its Head at a few baubles of imaginary 
value, was the nymph to whom Tajle was hurrying to 
preient the pilgrim. 

But the fight of thefe new affociates recalled reflection 
to his bofom. He perceived that Light*mind had ad- 
vanced too far to be reclaimed by his warning voice ; 
and he became confeious that he was no longer drawn 
forvfard by any hope of laving his companion, but by the 
charms of the pleafures, to which he had too eafily yield- 
ed. Then he remembered that it was written, " He that 
refitteth pleafures crowneth his life ;" and, inftantly 
breakirg from the grafp of his feducers, he turned his 
back on the alluring groves, and ran with all his fpeed 
rewards the place where the dangerous company firft had 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, Gj 

met him ; nor, though Beauty and Elegance placed 
themfelves in the way to attract his^eye ; and Harmony 
chanted her fweeteft notes to charm his ear, would he 
once flop or look back till he had reached the foot of the 
hill Difficulty, which he immediately began to afcend ; 
while FaJJriony provoked that he had efcaped her fafcin- 
ation's, confoled herfelf by making him her laughing 
flock, and declaring that me had herfelf expelled him 
from her .boundaries, as a perfon unworthy to affociate 
with her chofen band. 

Regardlefs of her feoffs, he purfued his way, and 
climbed up the fteep mountain with great alacrity, till, 
panting with fatigue, he was obliged to flacken his pace 
that he might recover breath. And he now found that 
the difficulty of his way was greater than he had at fir ft 
imagined ; for, by reafon of a long continuance of dry 
weather, the grafs, wherewith the path he had chofen 
was overgrown, was become very flippery ; fo that, as he 
endeavoured to climb, he frequently Aid back, and could 
fcarcely fave himfelf from dangerous falls. Then he 
began to lament himfelf, and even to doubt whether it 
would not have been more fafe for him to have remained 
in the valley where the Pleafures abode, than to have at- 
tempted to climb a height too difficult for him to attain ; 
but endeavouring to difmifs this thought from his mind, 
he cried for help to Him, who never rejects the prayers 
of humble pilgrims ; and was about to redouble his exer- 
tions, when, railing his eyes, he faw before him a man, 
whofe raiment was cf fackcloth, and whofe fpare thin 
body was wafted with long continued abftinence ; but 
his ftern and lowering afpecr infpired Good-intent with 
difmay. 

" Young man," faid he, accofting the pilgrim, " thy 
attempt to afcend this mountain is laudable ; but thy 
nerves are relaxed by the air of the valley below, and 
without affiftance thy labours will be vain. To afford 
fupport to fainting travellers is the office to which I am 
appointed by the Lord of this way. If, therefore, thou 
haft the courage, lean on this ftaff, and follow me." 

Now the ftaff which he offered to Good-intent was 
thickly befet with thorns j and the path into which he 



6$ THE PROGRESS OF THE 

led him was one, which indeed went ftrait towards the 
fummit of the hill, Jnit it was fo rugged, and ftrewed 
with fuch iharp pebbles, that he could fcarcely endure to 
walk in it. Yet, fearing to reject a guide whom his King 
had appointed to conduct him, he obeyed him with little 
heiltation, only defiring to know his name ; and when 
the ftranger replied that it was Self-denial, Good- in- 
tent remembered that he was one with whom the faith- 
ful fervants of his Lord had ever delighted to -walk. So 
he took the thorny ftaff; and though he could not lean 
on it without pain, yet he found himfelf perceptibly 
flrengthened by the hidden virtues with which it was en-- 
dued ; and he walked forward hi the rugged path, where 
he was no longer in any danger of falling, but found firm 
footing for his fteps. He had not proceeded far, before 
the fteep and difficult afcent was become as eafy to him, 
as ever he had found it to walk on level ground ; the 
thorns, which at firft had pierced his hand, were blunted ; 
and as he viewed his guide, his haffli features appeared to 
foften, and to invite familiarity, as much as at firft: 
they had excited terror. 

Good-intent could not forbear expreffihg his fur- 
prife at the alteration ; and Self-denial, fm iling with an 
air of benignity, replied unto him, ** It is true that 
thofe who are ft rangers to me do in general fuppofc 
me their enemy ; and thofe only difcover in me a 
friend, whofe zeal for their King induces them to 
prefer the afcent of this mountain to the flowery paths 
of the pleafures." 

"Alas, Sir!" faid Good-intent, "I fear that I 
have little claim to the kindnefs which has been (hewn 
unto me, feeing that I did myfelf wander from the 
ftrait road, in the company of thofe bewitching dam- 
fels ; and though I quitted them at laft, I know not 
what degree of guilt I may have contracted, by fuf- 
fering them to lead me fo far." 

*' Fear not," replied the guide ; " the Pleafuret are 
harmlefs companions, 'till fuch time as they intro- 
duce t heir votaries to the Vices ; who compofed that 
fecond female band which you beheld in the grove of 
JDifipathn. Thofe of the firit company, had you not 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENTr 69 

quitted them when you did, would foon have f >rfaken 
you ; for they feldom venture beyond the oufcikirts of 
that dangerous grove, becaufe Vexation-of 'fpirit, a fiend, 
whofe very afpect is fatal to them, is continually 
ftalking through its paths. Though, therefore, 'at the. 
command of Fajhion, they frequently conduct unwary 
pilgrims thither, they enter not themfelves ; nor indeed* 
though they are now in alliance with the Vices, do 
they take any delight in their fociety \ for they were 
originally attendant on the Virtues ; from whofe fervice, 
though they have been fecl:iced, they ftill meet them 
with joy, and often afibciate with them : nay, fome- 
times, difgufted with the caprices of Fajhion, who 
vainly boafts her empire over them, they quit her 
train, and walk for a conuderable way with pilgrims 
who are travelling towards the Celeflial City* But 
though, for a feafon, it is not forbidden to convene 
with them, yet, in their prefent degenerate ftate, they 
are companions whom it is dangerous to entertain 
without continual fufpicion and miftruft ; fmce he, who, 
regardlefs of the prize of his high calling, becomes a, 
lover of pleafure more than a lover of God, foon' 
learns to content himfelf with earthly joys, and no 
longer feeks thofe nobler Pleafures which are above ; 
but, following thefe blind and in-ccnftant guides, is 
fooner or later feduced into forbidden paths, where 
he finally makes ihipwreck of his hopes, and becomes 
a miferable cad away." 

"But, I pray you," faid Good-intent, fmce you 
have had the kindnefs to impart fo much unto me* 
tell me yet farther who this Lady Fajlnon is, and 
what can be her motive for defiring to entice fo 
many innocent pilgrims into the path of Banger?" 

" To refolve this queftion," anfwered Self-deniaU 
u I muft remind you, that, as (lie herfelf did craftily 
urge unto you, the road to the Celeflial City lies through 
the town of Vanity. Now, when your anceftor 
Christian paffed that way, he found the whole 
town in fubjection to its prince Beelzebub, and all the 
men who dwelt there, enemies unto thofe who ferved 
the heavenly King j but after that Faithful had, by 



yc THE PROGRESS OF TH£ 

his death, glorioufly given teftimony to the truth, 
many were converted unto it; infomuch, that when 
Christiana and her company came there, they met 
with very hofpitable entertainment at the houfe of Mr. 
Man son, and found many good friends, with whom 
they fpent pleafantly all the time which it was meet 
they fhould pafs at that place. The number of thefe 
favourers of pilgrims 1 has ever fmce continued to in- 
creafe, to the great injury of the fair which is held 
there, and of thofe who traffic in the kind of merchandife - 
which is expofed in it for fale ; travellers, who are on 
their way to a better country, not caring to encumber 
thernfelves with fuch vain and perifhable commodities. 
Wherefore, upon a time Beelzebub himfelf called together 
the chief men of his party in the town, and bade them 
devife fome means of remedy ; and fome faid on this 
wife, and fome on that. But when none of them could 
propofe any eftec~lual expedient, this - Lady Fafhion ap- 
peared, and prefented herfelf before the council. Now 
lhe was a perfon well known in the town, being the 
daughter of Madam Bubble* (fhe that had almofi: been 
too hard for Siandfaft the pilgrim,) and moreover nearly 
related to all the chief families of the place: Beelzebub* 
therefore, did readily grant her' an audience ; andfherep- 
refented that the moil proper feafon to attack pilgrims, 
and to ftrive to feduce them from their Lord, was not 
when they had proceeded fo far on their journey as to 
have reached that place, but rather when they w T ere firfV 
beginning to perceive the difficulty of the way they had 
chofen ; and fhe obferved that the path called Danger* 
which turned oif at the foot of this mountain, did indeed 
lead to the town of Vanity* but to a quarter of it remote 
from thofe ftreets, through which lay the road to the 
Celejlial City. She therefore propofed to engage the 
Pleafures in her train, and to lie in wait near the fpot 
where fhe met you, for young and unwary pilgrims ; and 
her fcheme proving acceptable to her prince, he imme- 
diately empowered her to execute it. And her fuccefs 
has been anfwerable to her promifes : you approached 
fufficiently near to the grove of Difipaticn, to fee how 
numerous a company was affemhled there* When thofe 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. Jl 

whom (he has feduced firft enter it, every object appears 
to them as delightful as it feemed to you ; but the fcene 
foon alters, as the Pleafares vanifh. Gf thofe who are 
enticed thither, fome, lofmg fight of thofe gay nymphs, are 
met by Vexation of- fpirit, from whom, though they fly, 
they find it impoilible to avoid him ; till, harafied by his 
continual purfuit, a few of them bethink themfelves of 
returning to the right way, and having regained it, are 
even more zealous in walking therein, than thofe who 
never have forfaken it. But the greater part of the 
votaries of Fajhion become an eafy prey to that fecond 
company of damfels, fent forth by Beelzebub himfelf to 
compafs their ruin. Thofe whom you faw at the en- 
trance of the grove, were the lead deformed of their 
band : had you advanced further, you would have met 
with Revelling, Drunkennefs, Irreligion, Immorality, Con* 
iempt-of-parenis, Pride , Contention, Sabbath-breaking, A did" 
tery, with many more, whofe very names it is irkfome to 
report. Had you formed any fellowfnip with thefe, you 
would immediately have fallen under fubje<frion to the 
power of their infernal matter, nor would any poffibility 
of efcape have remained for you, but by climbing up the 
precipitous rock of Repentance, in comparifon with which, 
the afcent of this - hill of Difficulty is eafy and pleafant. 
J Till .in the fountains of water which gum forth from its 
clefts, you had wafhed away every ftain which you had 
contiadted from the Vices with whom you had affociated, 
the Furies', Guilt, Remorfe % and Defpondence, would have 
purfued you with their maky whips ; and even when you 
had gained the fummit, Ill-habit would have afTaulted 
you, with the intent to hurl you backwards into the abyfs 
below. But greater terrors await thofe, who either want 
courage to tread the path of Repentance, or who, delight- 
ing in the company of the Vices, blindly follow whither- 
foever they lead. As they advance farther in the way 
of Danger, Extravagance hurries fome into the pitfalls of 
Ruin ; while Gaming fpreads her nets for others, in 
which, when they find themfelves entangled, they madly 
feize the dagger of Suicide. Others, muled by Falfe- 
honor, are fuddenly cut off by the murderous hand of 
Duelling ; and thofe who efcape thefe deaths, yet have to 



yi THE PP.0GR.ES3 OF THE 

encounter D /ft ufe ; a many headed dragon, who O] 
to devour then, bis hundred mouths, each dropping a 
.different but mortal poiibn. The few who furvive and 
beach the town of Vanity, are f bill followed by their 
never weary perfecutor, Vexation-cfjpirit ; they are eager 
to efcape from him ; yet, finding in the part of the town 
which they have, entered no traces of the road which they 
had formerly been told led to the Celeftial City, they are. 
deterred from any attempt to feek for it, by Evil-confcknce^ 
who whijpers to them, that if any fuch road exifts, they 
will no longer be deemed worthy to walk in it. They 
therefore gladly follow the guides, whom the prince of 
that place provides for them : by whom they are led 
back through bye ways, to the houfe of Mr. Philosophy, 
svhich you -pa (Ted before you arrived at the Interpre- 
ters ; and there Ignorapce and Folly conduct them 
blindfold into the black temple of Atheism, where they 
remain till the period when they are taken thence, to be 
referved in everlafting chains, under darknefs, unto the 
judgment of the great day. Such are the fates which 
await thefe who follow earthly Pleafures into forbidden 
paths .; while the voice of Joy and Health is continually 
in the dwellings of the righteous ; who, ufmg this world, 
but not ahu&ng it, have alone the promife of true happi- 
nefs in this life, as well as of everlaiting glory in that 
which is to come." 

Goon- intent heard this difcourfe with ftrong emo- 
tions of horror at the dangers which he had eicaped, and 
alio of thankfulnefs to his King, who had appointed him 
fo excellent a guide as Self denial. Inftead of being 
wearied by the difficulty of the way, he now found it 
become fo eafy to him, thai he would have- been con- 
tented to afcend a fteeper mountain, for the fake of the 
benefits which he was knfible he derived from the fociety 
of inch a companion. When they had proceeded together 
as far as it was at that time requifite Seif-demai ihould 
accompany him, they parted ; and I faw in my dream 
that Good-intent went onwards alune, till it was almoft 
dark, when he dimly defcried before him a houfe, at no 
great diftance ; and while he was confidering within 
liimielf whether or not it were the houfe Beautiful, at 



PiLGIUM GOOD-INTENT* J$ 

which he meant that night to lodge, the door of it was 
opened, and a man came forth to meet him, inviting 
him to enter. Then the pilgrim af^ed him whether the 
honfe to which he belonged were indeed the fame as he 
fappofed it to be. 

" Undoubtedly," faid the man ; " this is no other 
than the houfe Beautiful, the habitation of the Virtues ; 
and it is my office, as their porter, to admit fuch'guefts 
as are worthy to be entertained by them." 

When Good-intent heard this, he gladly accompani- 
ed him towards the houfe ; and as they went along, the 
•pilgrim looked for the lions, which he knew had for- 
merly been kept there. He perceived that there were 
indeed two animals who lay at no great diftance frojg 
the portal, one on either fide ; they did not appear lo 
him fo large as any lions which he had elfewhere feen ; 
but he could not by that light diftincrly obferve their 
iliapes : however, he was careful not to approach them 
too near, though he concluded that they were aileep, 
becaufe he did not hear them roar. 

When he had entered the porch, he requefted the 
porter to let his miftreiTes know that he was come there 
to afk for entertainment and lodging, fuch as he had 
heard it was the cuftom of that houfe to afford to pil- 
grims ; and to prove that he had good claims to the 
hofpitality he fought, he was proceeding to tell of what 
parentage he came, and how he had entered the way by 
the Wicket-gate, according to the rules prefcribed for all 
pilgrims by the king of the country whither he was 
bound ; but the porter interrupted him. 

" It is indifferent to us," faid he, " from w r hat 
lineage you fpring, and in what paths you have 
walked ; we account it fufficient if your foul be pof- 
felled wich a defire to behold and to love the fair 
damfels who inhabit this manfion ; and, provided your 
heart beats in fympathetic concord with theirs, you are 
free to regulate your conduct by whatfoever laws your 
own natural temperament may lead you to prefer." 

" I know," faid Good-intent, " that there are fome, 
who think works of no avail, provided the faith be right ; 
but I did not expect to find that doctrine profefled in this 
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74 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Jioufe, In 10 extennve and dangerous a fenfe, as I under- 
ftand your words to imply." 

With that the porter failed. " You will be as little 
s queftjoned here," faid he, " about your faith, as about 
your works. The affections of the heart are all that my 
xrrlitrefies regard : from what principles they fpring, or 
to what actions they impel, we here confider as alike 
immaterial. Therefore, whether thou be a dele end ant 
from Christian, or a difciple of Bramah, whether- 
.thou be by profeffion a robber, an aflaflin, or a faint,— 
if thy heart glow with a facred enthufiafm in the caufe 
.of the Moral-virtues, enter ! freely enter their confed- 
erated abode !" 

The porter then rang his bell, and a damfel appeared, 
to whom he gave it in charge to conduct Good-intent 
to her miftrefs. The damfel was fair, and feemed very 
richly attired ; but her drefs was fo much coyered with 
ornaments, that its true texture could not be difcerned. 
The pilgrim was not much pleafed with the difcourfe of 
the porter, which, however, he did not very clearly 
comprehend ; but he felt fo fecure of receiving edification 
from the inflructions of the venerable matrons within, 
that he did not hefitate to follow her who % offered herfelf 
as his conduclrefs ; to whom, as they paffed along, he 
expreiTed his impatience to join in the devotions of Piety, 
to receive the leflbns of Prudence, and to participate in 
the happinefs which the hand of Charity diffufed around.. 

When he fpoke thus, the damfel who was with him 
flopped, and, looking at him with fome furprife ; 
6i You muft certainly, Sir," faid fhe, " know very little 
of the prefent (late of things in general, and of this 
family in particular, if you call my miftreffes by fuch 
antiquated names." 

" How!" faid Good-intent, " does this houfe be*- 
Jong to any other miftreffes than thofe I mentioned ?" 

u O no !" replied the damfel; " thofe ladies are ilill 
the owners of the manfion ; only they are now known 
by more modern and expreffive appellations. She, whom 
you call Charity, has alTumed the name of Philanthropy ; 
and Prudence is dignified by the title of Mental-energy. 
As for their elder fifier Piety, fhe, poor gentlewoman^ 



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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 75 

#as always fbbjecl to occafional diiiraciions of mind, 
when the moon was at the full ; and feme time fmce, 
her judgment became fo much weakened, that (lie i an 
away from her lifters, and wandered about the country 
to tabernacles and conventicles, whereupon her friends, 
willing to hide her failings from the world, fhut her up 
in a private mad-houfe. Since then, my miitreires have 
taken to live with them a younger filter of theirs, named 
Senfibuity, a very amiable perfon, whofe merits were 
formerly little known, becaufe fhe had the misfortune 
in her youth to marry Co?>nno?>fenfe ; a churl, who mif- 
ufed, and often confined her ; but at laft Mental- energy 
found means to free her from the bondage in which he 
held her, and to bring her hither ; and her hufband, after 
making a few ineffectual attempts to perfuade her to 
return to him, has now ceafed to moleft her, or even, it 
is faid, to wifh for her company." 

Good-intent exprefled much aftonimment at this 
recital, " Since fo many alterations," faid he, " have 
taken place in a family, where I fo little expected to 
meet with any change, I need no longer think it extra- 
ordinary that your porter fhould be fo unlike the descrip- 
tion I had heard of him who was called Watchful> who 
formerly lived here ; nor that your appearance mould fo 
little refemble that of the damfei's Dlfcretlon and Hu?nble- 
* 7/7/W, w r ho received my anceRors fo kindly." 

" Thofe three perfons died a long while fmce," replied 
fhe ; " the prefent porter is called Sentiment^ and my 
name is Refinement ; we both came here jure about the 
time when Piety eloped." 

As fhe ended thefe words, fhe threw open the doors 
of a fpacious iai©n, in wmich her miflxeffes were fitting. 
Their employments occafioned new furprife to Good- 
intent, Philanthropy fat in the window with a telefcope, 
looking through the fhades of night, which had now 
totally overfpread the earth, for invifible objects of bene- 
volence, in unknown regions. Mental energy held in 
her hands a flint and fteel, and ftiuck out fparks, which, 
when her foftering breath had blown them into flame, 
had power to caufe the heart to beat with ten fold vio- 
lence ; while the fumes of the fmoke, a/tending to the 



A /6 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

head, oceanoned a dizzinefs of the brain, and a iufpenfion 
of the reafoning faculties. Senjlbility lay on a fofa, half 
bending herfelf over a young afs's colt, which fhe tender- 
ly careifed, and bedewed with a copious fhower of tears. . 

The entrance of the pilgrim, however, interrupted 
their occupations ; and they all rofe to receive him, 
though with different demeanors. Philanthropy had fo 
much weakened her eyes by the continual ufe of her 
telefcope, that ihe was now become unable to difcern any 
but diftant objects ; advancing, therefore, haftily, to 
receive the gueft, whom Refijiement announced to her, 
ihe ran full againft him, not perceiving where he flood, 
and almoft pufhed him down : Mental-energy , difdaining 
common forms, took little notice of him ; bat foft 
Senfibility eagerly threw her arms around the youth, and, 
gazing on his comely form, forgot her afs, and wept 
over him. 

Good-intent was a little difconcerted by the conduce 
of each of the filters ; but when he had at laft difengaged 
himfelf from the unexpected embrace of the younger, he 
fat down by them, and attempted to converfe with them. 
Their modes of ex-preffion were, however, fo new to 
him, that he profited much lefs from their difcourfe than 
he had hoped to do. When fupper was ferved up, 
he was glad ; for he felt himfelf in need of fome refrefh- 
ment, after the fatigue of that day's pilgrimage ; but, 
though the banquet appeared very plentiful, ^et, when 
the flowers which had garniflied the d lilies were removed, 
he could find no food fufficiently fubftantial to fatisfy his 
hunger. 

However, after the meal was ended, his three hoftefTes 
feemed to take more pains than they hsfd done before to 
render their converfation intelligible to him ; and Mental* 
energy, addreffmg herfelf to him, entered into a long 
harangue againft the various prejudices which had fo 
long enilaved the human mind, and the manifold abufes 
which cuftom had introduced into the world. It was 
now time, fhe afTerted, that men mould think for them- 
felves ; and, inftead of refpecting any opinion becaufe, 
forfooth, they had received it from their fathers, they 
oufht to require no other proof of its fallacy, than that 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. J7 

perfons fo credulous and fo ignorant had believed it to 
be true. 

She would have expatiated longer on this fubject, had 
not Senfibility interrupted her by a frefh fliower of tears, 
which flowed at the recollection of the fufferings of the 
many haplefs victims of thofe prejudices ana cuftoms, 
againft which her filler was declaiming. When her 
voice could find a paffage, fhe recounted to Gocd- 
intent many a doleful tale of fons of Genius, whole 
great and elevated fouls hadfcorned to be confined within 
the narrow rules of j.uftice * f and of daughters of Tender- 
nefsy who had yielded to the dictates of nature, and of 
tlfoir own amiably fufceptible hearts, but who, in ccnfe- 
quence, had been branded with obloquy by civilized 
fociety : while fome of their number, ftill more unfortu- 
nate, had been configned by the mercilefs laws of their 
country to prifons, banifhment, and death, 

To divert the melancholy which narratives like thefe 
were likely to infpire, Philanthropy next took up the dif* 
courfe, and began to detail her plans for the general 
felicity of all mankind. Of the prefent generation fne- 
faid little ; only recommending as objects of the molt 
particular benevolence, thofe whom narrow minded zeal- 
ots, reprobated as tranfgreffors of every law divine and 
human ; but future ages claimed her greatefl attention ; 
and, how difficult foever it might be to judge what the. 
intereft and inclinations of men yet unborn might lead 
them to defire or to ihun, fhe contended that the facri- 
fice of myriads of the prefent race, and even the univer- 
fal temporary fubftitution of mifery for happinefs, were 
eligible means, if through them the moft remote pcfiibility 
of any future contingent good might be attained. 

The capacity of Good-intent was not fufficiently 
clear to comprehend the arguments by which flie fup- 
ported her opinions ; and though he laboured to attend, 
yet, the toils of the day contributing to overpower him, 
he at laft found himfelf unable to refill: the drowfmefs- 
which came upon him. Wherefore, taking the opportu- 
nity of a paufe in her difcourfe, he requeued leave to 
retire to his chamber ; and his three -hofteffes confented 
to his petition, though not without expreffing fome dtf- 
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73 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

pleafure at the coldnefs and want of enthufiafni with 
which he had heard their difcourfe. 

He did not, however, fall aileep fo foon as he had ex- 
pected ; for when he was alone, the recollection of what 
had pafled occupied his mind, and afforded him much 
fuhjeet for reflection. He confidered that the opinions 
of Mental-energy and of Philanthropy led to many con- 
■clufions, no lefs abfurd than dangerous ; and as for the 
perfons whofe misfortunes had called forth the tears of 
Senftbility, however their conduct might have been gloried 
over in her difcourfe, he did not hefitate to determine, 
that all the calamities which had befallen them had been 
the natural coniequence, and the juft reward of their own 
evil deeds. " O that Piety ftill dwelt in this houie !" 
xfaidhe ; " for I perceive that, while ihe is abfent, her 
Sifter-virtues merit no confidence, let them diftinguiih 
themielves by what new names they may." 

Being impatient to quit a fociety, in which he was 
much difappointed to find himfelf ib little edified, he 
refolved to purine his journey, as foon as he mould have 
retained a tight of thofe rarities which he remembered it 
had always been the cuftom of that ho life to mew unto 
pilgrims. In the morning, therefore, he told the three 
lifters that he had underftood there were laid up in their 
pofleffion many curious records ; alfo many famous 
weapons, wherewith the mighty m^n of old time had 
achieved notable exploits ; and he fignifled withal his 
defire of being admitted to a fight of thefe. So they 
readily confented to mew him the room in which all their 
rarities were kept ; but, as they were on their way thither, 
Philanthropy and Seri/ibility informed him that they had 
difcarded from their collection thcfe*ancient weapons, 
concerning which he had inquired, becaufe the ufes 
which had been made of them by their former owners, 
namely, by Joshua, Sampson, Gideon, and the reft, 
had been too lavage and fanguinary, fuch as^ no friend 
to humanity could reflect on without the molt painful 
fenfations ; the very idea of war exciting horror in a feel- 
ing mind : and every foldier who bore arms in (what he 
was pleafed to ftyle in mockery) the fervice- of his 
\ oniiiry, ck&rvmg to be reprobated by univerfal nature, 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. '79 

as the bafe tcol cf barbarous defpots, and the hired 
aflaiim of his fellow men. 

Having received this previous notice, Good-intent 
was contiderably furprifed, on entering the room, that 
the firft object on which he caft his eyes fhould be a 
heap of cannon bulls and grape ihot, and befide it a 
pile of rwords and pikes, dropping with recent blood. 
He could not forbear aiking how ladies cf fuch com- 
panionate diipofitions, could have afforded a place in ther: 
repofitory to thofe inftruments of death, 

" We honor thefe," faid Mentai-e?iergy> " as inftru- 
ments of imTruction ; and as fuch, fome of our mod 
valued friends have made a glorious ufe of them, in fub- 
verting the prejudices of infatuated nations, who could no 
otherwise be taught to prefer light to darknefs, and 
emancipation to bondage." 

" What light, or what emancipation," cried the 
pilgrim, u can have been communicated to the perfons, 
whofe blood is ftill reeking on thofe fatal blades ?" 

" The fufFerings of individuals are of no importance." 
anfwered Mental-energy, " when put in competition witlr.be 
univerfal good of the human fpecies. A mind truly great 
will rife above the paltry ccnilderaLion of the defr.rucr.ion 
of a few quiet, but mean-fpirited nations, by fire and 
Avord, if by fuch means the power of the guardians of 
Liberty can be extended." 

Now Good-intent, during this time, had fixed his 
eyes on an engine which was new to him. in its form 
it reiembled an axe ; but it was fufpended by ropes 
within a wooden frame ; and he afked his conductrefles 
for what ufe it was intended. 

" That," faid Philanthropy, " is an inurnment dear to 
humanity ; for by it more than a million of the enemies 
of the human race have been fwept from the earth." 

" What enemies ?" faid the pilgrim ; " Is it defigned 
as a gin for the deuruction of wolves or of ferpents :" 

" Of monfters more deteitable, than either," replied 
Philanthropy ; " of defpots and their minions." 

While ihe fpoke, Good- intent looked into a bafket 
which flood behind the axe ; and behold ! it was full 
of human heads. " What do I fee ;" cried he \ " do 



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you who call yourfelves the friends of humanity, authorife 
fuch a Slaughter as this ? I perceive the heads of men, 
of women, nay, of children ; where fhall we feek for 
the enemies of the human fpecies, if not among thofe 
who have perpetrated this execrable maiTacre ?" 

" In giving my fanclion to it," faid Philanthropy, 
" I confider not the prefent race of men, which 
might probably have enjoyed greater tranquillity, had 
the ancient order of things been fufFered to continue ; 
but my enlarged view comprehends, at one glance, all 
future ages. The human fpecies, thus purged of its 
drofs, will gradually refine itfelf, till it fhall have at- 
tained univerfal perfection; and when no trace even of 
the pofterity of the foes of Liberty fhall be left upon the 
earth, her friends will feaft undiiturbed on the fruits of 
her glorious tree, which can flourifh in no foil, where 
its roots- are not moiftened with the blood of traitors." 

Good-intent now returned from Philanthropy with 
horror ; and, obferving a bottle placed on a fhelf above; 
he demanded of Senjibility what were its contents. 

" The tears of captive princes, and their orphan chil- 
dren," replied fhe. 

" Doubtlefs," faid he, " your own, which flow fo 
freely, are mixed with them." 

" O no !" faid fhe ;. " during the filling of that bottle, 
I was engaged as chief mourner at the funeral of an 
aiTaflin ; and all my tears were died for him." 

Now I faw in my dream, that the pilgrim was filled 
with great amazement ; and he caft in his mind who 
thefe perfons fhould be, whofe natures agreed fo ill with 
the excellent names they bore. So he bethought himfelf 
of his book, which had ever been his faithful counfellor 
in times of need ; but, as he drew it out of his bofoirr, 
they who flood by mocked at him ; and Mental-energy 
affured him that it was unfit to engage the attention of a 
wife man : Philanthropy aiTerted that all the miferies 
of mankind had originated in the doctrines which it con- 
tained : and Senjibility recoiled with horror from the 
punifhments which it denounced againft fufFering guilt. 
Neverthelefs, Good-intent grafped the book firmly, not 
heeding their idle clamours \ and? when he had opened it, 



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T 



he found written therein, " Every good tree bringeth 
forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree evil fruit ; wherefore, 
by their fruits ye fhall know them." 

Then he faid to himfelf, " When I behold the fruits 
which thefe bring forth, can I poffibly hefitate to believe 
that their root is a root of deceit, and of all ungodlinefs ?" 
So he put the book into his bofom, and turned himfelf 
about to depart. 

But they, not willing fo to lofe him, fought to detain 
him, and afked him whither he was going, 

" I am going," faid he, "to obey the commands of 
my Heavenly Father, who hath warned me to flee from 
all who defpife his covenant, and rebel againft his laws ; 
and if, to an earthly parent, obedience be an inviolable 
duty"— 

"An inviolable duty!" faid Mental-energy, with a 
fcornful fmile ; " it was indeed imagined fuch in the ages 
of darknefs ; but fo grievous an obftacle to the natural 
rights of free born infants, it was one of our firft achieve- 
ments to overthrow." 

"What!" faid Good-intent, " would you teach a 
child that he owes no gratitude" — ■ 

" Gratitude is an unpardonable weaknefs in the bofom 
of a wife man," returned Mental-energy ; " we hold it 
to be no part either of juftice or of virtue ; and an en- 
larged mind will fcorn to narrow itfelf to the fenfe of 
any perfonal benefit which an individual may have con- 
ferred." 

Good-intent was (till more aftonifhed at this maxim, 
than he had been at any of thofe which had preceded it \ 
and indignantly replied, " It would be lofing time to de* 
monftrate the abfurdity of your doctrines, while the heart 
of every man, to whom nature hath not denied the com- 
mon feelings of humanity, mull revolt at the confe- 
quences necefTarily deducible from them. Heaven grant 
to me, that I may never receive any benefit from the 
meaneft of my fellow creatures, without a due and 
thankful fenfe of the obligation under which it lays me ; 
while I conftantly cherifh, as the noble ft principle of my 
conduct, that boundlefs gratitude which I owe to him, of 
whom my life, and all the bleffings which endear it to 



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me, are the gifts, and from whofe future bounty his own 



i2 ' 



gracious word encourages me to hope for that more ex- 
cellent recompenfe of reward, which he has promifed to 
all thofe who faithfully keep his ftatutes unto the end." . 

" And does thy mercenary fpirit,"-faid Mental-energy , 
€< require the hope of recompenfe as an incentive to vir- 
tue ? Learn, rather, from us, the more dignified fenti- 
ment, that virtue is its own reward ; and, inftead of trav- 
elling through defolate regions in fearch of a country, 
which, certain friends of ours can afford thee fufficient 
proof, exifts only in thy own imagination, be content to 
remain with us, the reprefentatives of Virtue upon earth. 
Gur inftructions fhall gradually difengage thy foul from- 
the hideous bonds of prejudice, and elevate it to thofe 
liberal principles, by which the heart is refined, and the 
energy of the mind increafed ; and as a tender relaxa- 
tion from feverer ftudies* behold our fifter, Senfibility y 
who, from thy firft entrance, has regarded thee with the 
eyes of affection, and who pants to form with thee that 
fympathy of fouls, which is pointed out by reafon and 
by nature as affording the faireft profpecl of human ; 
happinefs." 

While Mental-energy was fpeaking thus, the counte- 
nance and geftures of Senfihility ^ expreffed her acquiefcence 
in the propofal. At fir ft, fhe looked paftionately at the 
pilgrim, and fighed, and wept, and fmiled ; and when 
her fifter had ended, and he Mood aftonifhed, and 
hefitating what to r,eply, fhe fuddenly fprang forwards* 
and threw herfelf into his arms* 

Good-intent, difpleafed and difgufted, fhook off her 
embrace as foon as he was able. " I pray you, 
madam," faid he, " recollect yourfelf a little; I had 
hcen told that you were the wife of another man." 

" And if I am," faid fhe, " my conduct is not the lefs 
reconcileabk- to the ftricteft rectitude. I experienced, in 
my former connexion, the abfurdity of expecting that the 
inclinations and willies of two human beings mould coin- 
cide through any long period of time ; but though my 
tyrant may imagine that the few vain ceremonies, which 
paffed between us, have indiilblubly bound me to him for 
the whole of my wretched life, what natural right can 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 

lie plead to (hackle my free foul, or to condemn my per- 
fcn to that vifionary Mate of cold celibacy which Nature 
herfelf abhors I l£, therefore, my heart no longer ac- 
knowledges any fympathy with his, wherefore may it 
not* be both -practicable and eligible for m e to offer it to 
another, in whofe reciprocation of kindnefs it may find 
fome indemnification for its former unmerited fuifer- 
ings i" 

" Undoubtedly," faid Philanthropy, " ourfifter is in the 
right. All things are iawful, when taken in their prop- 
er connexion ; and Nature has implanted no defires, of 
which it is not our primary duty to leek the gratification. 
Since, therefore, happinefs is the ultimate en ' 
that unerring guide impels us to purfue, i friend to rea- 
fou, humanity, and toleration, can cenfure thofe who 
feek to attain that end, by the life of any means which 
>rnay appear tj thernieives the beft calculated to enfure 
/their faced*/' 

" There could exift no degree of atrocity," faid Good- 
'Intent, a of which the perpetration might not be jufti- 
£ed, if arguments like thefe could juftify it ; but happily-, 
their futility is as evident, as their tendency is pernicious. 
Wherefore, away from me, ye wicked ! I will keep the 
commandments of my God !" 

And fo faying, he haftened out of the houfe, giving 
no other heed to all their vain difcourfes ; neither had 
they power to detain him againft his will, though they 
made him many fair promifes, that, if he mu ft needs 
proceed upon his journey, they would mow him a better 
road, and conduct him to a pleafanter valley than the 
-valley of Humiliation^ through which he meant to pais. 

Now I law in my dream, that, as he went out of the 
houfe, he cbferved it more particularly than he had been 
able to do at the late hour at which he had entered it the 
night before ; and behold ! the walls were not built of 
brick or ftone, or of any other inch common and dura- 
ble materials, but altogether of books, piled in order one 
on another, without any apparent cement, fo that the 
whole edifice was maken by every blaft from heaven 
"which blew againft it. When the pilgrim perceived 
this, he made the more hafte, left it fhould prefently fall, 



54 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

and crufli thofe who flood nigh in Its ruins ; and pall* 
ing by the two beafts, which at night he had taken for 
lions, he now raw that they were only apes, which fit 
on the oppofite fides of the porch, and grinned and 
chattered at him as he palled along. 

So when he had gotten out of their reach, he flopped 
to look about him ; and he perceived that he had not. 
yet, as he had fuppofed, attained the higheft fummit of 
the hill Difficulty ; for a rocky afcent ftill remained for 
him to climb ; on the top of which he defcried a houfe, 
built all of hewn ftone, and of the moil; admirable archi- 
tecture ; but he obferved fuch a refemblance between it 
and the other which flood on the fandy ground below it, 
that he immediately concluded it to have been the model, 
in imitation whereof that which he had jufl quitted had 
been erecled, 

Then he reafoned within himfelf, faying, " I have 
furely been deceived ; the frail edifice which I have left 
behind me, and which feems built but to laft for a day, 
can never be the houfe at which my anceftors were en- 
tertained fo long ago, and which in their time, it was 
well known, had Hood for ages. This, rather, which I 
fee above me ma ft be it ; and, doubtlefs, on my arrival 
there, I mall learn who thofe impoftors are who have 
foueht to miflead me." 

o 

So he haftened to climb- up the rock, fupporting his 
freps with the trufty ft aff which had been given to him 
by Self-denial ; and as he again experienced its ufe, he con- 
gratulated himfelf on the care with which he had preferv- 
•ed it ; remembering that Senfihility, as (he embraced him, 
had made feveral attempts to draw it out of his hand. 
When he had reached the top, he beheld the two lions ; 
but they were chained, and made no effort to moleft him 
as he joyfully palled between them, and rang the bell at 
the gate, which was presently opened unto him by the 
ancient porter Watchful. 

While the pilgrim was fpeaking with him, the three 
virgins, who were called Piety, Prudence, and Charity, 
and who had never relinquilhed thofe venerable names, 
themfelves came forth from an inner chamber, and re- 
ceived their gueft with words of kindnefs ; and Piety 



PilCRTM GGOD-INTLNT. -85 

uid unto him, " Welcome, young man, welcome to our 
•dwelling ! Thou haft neither been fo foolifh as to be de- 
luded by the pretences of thofe who falftjly. call them- 
felves the Moral-virtues, nor fo wicked as to delight in 
the deeds which they vainly fanction. Thou art there- 
fore worthy to be admitted into the habitation of the 
-Gkrljilan-'vlrtucs ; with whom none dwell but fuch as 
do fincerely believe and faithfully practife all the words 
which are written in the book of life, which thou beareft 
in thy hand, and by which thou haft been taught to ef- 
chew falfehood, and to feek truth. " 

Then Good-intknt bowed himieTF before the dam- 
fels, and rejoiced that he had at laft been fo fortunate as 
to find them ; efpecially he was glad to behold her, con- 
cerning whom her enemies had reported fuch calumnies ; 
even Piety, who was the eldeft of the fillers, and for 
whom the other two, who leaned on her on either fide, 
feemed in every look and getlure to exprefs their venera- 
tion and regard. Good-intent beheld with awe her 
faintly countenance ; while the fober, but not auftere, 
looks of Prudence engaged his confidence, and the benig- 
nant fmile and dove-like eye of Charity, filled his whole 
foul with peace, joy, and holy love. 

When they had led him into their gueft-chamber, they 
<jueftioned hum concerning his pilgrimage ; fo he told 
them all that had hitherto befallen him therein ; and 
when he had ended the account of his laft adventure, 
" It is well for you," faid Prudence, " that you have fo 
well learnt from that book, where alone true wifdem is 
to be found, to difregard fpecious words, and to re- 
ject falfe principles viewing with abhorrence, the un- 
righteous deeds which fpring from them." 

" There are but too many/' faid Charity, " even among 
thofe who are the beft difpofed to love us, and to receive 
our precepts within their hearts, who, milled by the arts 
of the impoftors, who affame our characters even while 
they affect to defpife our names, have been rilled by their 
pernicious counfels with all unrighteoufnefs ; becoming 
haters of God, defpiteful, proud, bonders, inventors of 
evil things, difobedient to parents, without under {landing, 
covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, 
H 



86 THE PROGRESS GF THE 

unmerciful ; and though out of their own mouths they 
might be condemned, feeing that the words of peace are 
ever on their lips, yet, i even as they did not like to re- 
tain God in their knowledge,' He has given .* them over 
to a reprobate mind ;' fo that thofe fame things, for 
which they account others mod inexcufable, they do 
themfelves commit without remorfe." 

" I pray you," faid Good-intent,, ."who are thefe 
deceivers ■ And how long have they dwelt in thefe 
parts >" 

" They fpring," faid Prudmce> "from an evil race ; 
and you will not wonder at their eagernefs to feduce pil- 
grims from the right road, when I tell you that they 
are the daughters of Mr. Philosophy, with whom you 
.met in the former part of your journey, to the great en- 
dangering of your fafety ; and who, being himfelf occu- 
pied in confuting the heads of pilgrims, has fent forth 
"thefe, a progeny, worthy of fuch a father, to feduce their 
hearts. When they fir ft came into this country, they 
offered themfelves to us, with great feeming humility, as 
our ferv ants ; and we, being pleafed with tiieir appear- 
ance an$ fair fpeeches, were contented to receive them 
as fuch ; and for a while they behaved themfelves to our 
liking; but it was not long, before they began to fhew 
themfelves in their proper colours. For my fifter Char.~ 
i(y, indeed, they conftantly expreffed extraordinary re- 
flect ; praifing her upon all occafions, and even feeking 
to exalt her, by difparaging all her neareft kindred ; yet 
even to her they paid no obedience ; and frequently flic 
found that they had bufied themfelves in demolilhing the 
works which me had ordered them to ailift in complet- 
ing. As for me, they came little in my way, being de- 
firous, if it were poffible, wholly to efcape my obferva- 
tion ; but to my fifter Piety they daily offered the moft 
unprovoked and offenfive infults. I believe, indeed, that 
their plan was to incite her to quit us, as they have fmce 
thought proper to afTert fhe has done ; for they even 
then had the afmrance to raife calumnies againft her, 
jand ufed their utmoft endeavours to excite fome diffention 
betwixt her and Charity; but a friendihip fo indiffolublp 
"as theirs, was proof againft all fuch wiles j and the at- 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 87 

ttmpt was even fortunate ; fmce it unveiled the dengns 
of thefe impoltors to the eyes of Charity, who would not 
otherwife have been fo fbon induced to retract her fav- 
ourable opinion of them ; and ihe aequiefced in my 
counfels, that they fhould be expelled from among us. 
During the time that they had been with us, however, 
they had acquired a facility in imitating our manners, 
and had learnt to repeat by rote many of our fayings j 
and thus qualified, they formed the fcheme to perfoliate 
us, that fo they might inveigle out of the - right way fuch 
pilgrims as came with the deiignto take up their lodg- 
ing with us. In this enterprife they were chiefly afflfted 
by him who accofted you in the character of their por- 
ter, and who is called Sentiment, He was the architect 
'who erected their houfe, which, as you might obferve, is 
built in imitation of ours ; though the difference of the' 
materials prevents any great refemblance between them. 
Their edifice, indeed, being framed of filch perifhable 
fubftance, would not have (toed • till now, were not its in- 
habitants continually employed in repairing its walls ; fo 
that as-, through time and ftrefs of weather, one row of 
books decays and moulders away, the place is immedi- 
ately filled up with a cfauhk quantity ofnenv osies^ with 
which they are continually fupplied from a manufactory, which'; 
under the direction of their father, Mr. Philosophy, they 
have efiablified in the neighbourhood. Since they have refid- 
ed in this their new habitation, their arts have been but 
too fuccefsful % and efpee rally, they * lead captive many 
filly women, laden with firis, and led away with divers 
lulls/ who, though they are ever imagining they learn, 
are yet ' never able to come at the knowledge of the 
truth.' For, as Mr. Philosophy's houfe is chiefly fre- 
quented by men, fo is this of his daughters molt com- 
monly vifited by women. Ncverthelefs, at both, guefts 
of either fex are equally welcome ; and while the male 
pupils of thefe deceivers are taught, when their hands are. 
embrued in murder, to affect in their conversation the moil- 
effeminate expreffions of tendernefs and morbid fenfil". 
their female difciples learn to confider as the difgrace o£ 
womanhood, what has hitherto been its molt invaluable 
privilege, even its mode My ; and calling off, with that, 



88 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

i the ornament of a meek and quiet fpirit/ wherev 
4 in the old time, the holy women who trailed in Goi>,.. 
adorned themfeives,' they think that they fufficjentfy ejlublijh 
their claim to equality ivitb men, while they rival even the 
rnoji reprobate among them, no lefs in ferocity than in volup- 
tuGufnefj" 

" I could not but obferve," laid Good-intent, " that 
the language which was held to me in the houfe which I 
have juft quitted, bore a ftrong refemblance to that 
which I heard in Mr. Philosophy's palace." 

" The office which he chiefly entrufts to thefe his. 
daughters," refumed Prudence, " is that of reconciling to. 
die mod: atrocious deeds the minds of thofe who dill re- 
ipecl the name of 'Virtue, by amufing them with empty 
a ad delufive founds ; and as foon as any man has learnt, 
after their example, to call evil good, and good evil, he' 
ten fufficicntly prepared to join Mr. Philosophy's 
great army, of which you faw the fir ft frantic troop 
1st out from his palace, and take the road which led to 
the mountain of Revolution. Had you, therefore, heark- 
ened to their enticements, they would nave led you down 
into the valley, which lies between that mountain and 
this hill of Difficulty, which was the fame that they extoll- 
ed to you, as fo far preferable to the valley of Humiliation ; 
and there would you have found yourfelf furrounded by 
the votaries of Atheifm and Anarchy, from whom you 
had lately fled ; infomuch that, unable a fecond time to 
efcape, you would have been borne along by the crowd,, 
and even compelled to become fuch an one as themfelves. 
Bur our hcufe (lands fo high, that, from my apartment, 
v;e have a view of all the country round} fo that you 
may, if you pleafe, look out, and behold the progrefs of 
thefe enemies of your king." 

Then Good-intent gladly followed her, and (lie led 
him to a window, from which he had a full profpecl of 
fehe mountain of Revolution, with its precipitous fides, 
its frowning brow. And behold ! Mr. Philoso- 
phy's troops had now gained the fummit, and were ex-. 
jilqng in their fuceefs with Ihouts of triumph. The eyes 
of the pilgrim fought among their ranks for his old com- 
panions, but he could not difcern them all ; for Mr.. 



pilgrim" good-intent. 89 

tnconJulerale\ finding the mountain deeper than he Weed, 
had not chofen to attempt the afcent ; but, not knowing 
his way back to the road he had quitted, he had loft I 
feif, and periificd miferably : Mr. Party. spirit had fol- 
lowed his friends into a quagmire ; where, though they 
had loon got out of it, he had ftaiek faft in the deep mud, 
had found none who would give him any help : infr. 
Gttriojffyi venturing too near the edge of a precipice, to 

a view of the valley below, had fallen over, and 
been dallied to pieces ; and ls\x. Haic<oiifyo:d had been 
flfatn by the hand of Mr. Hoihsr.d, who was offended 
that he hoafred of having as rrocd a right as hithfelf to 
choofe in what path he would walk. Many others cf 
ihofe who had fet out with them from the palace of Mr. 
Philosophy, had alio perifhed by dilierent' caiiial. 
and at the head of all who ftiH» furvived, there now 
.hed the men with the fierce countenances, who 
wore the daggers in their girdles. Then Gocd-ixtpnt 
Inquired of Prudetice who thole men were ; for from 
the %ft he had felt a defire to know lb me what more 
particularly about them. 

« Thofe'," (aid flic, " are not, like the reft, the difci- 
pies or the v a Mais of Mr. Philo^ot- hv. They are a 
band of Blood-men ; the countrymen of thofe who, in 
former times, compofed the chief fh-engtn of the army 6i 
Uiabolus. in his wars atrainil: Kin^ ' ShaddaL- Rcmem 
ing theprowefs which they then di*p] ayed In battle, Mr. 
Philosophy has formed an alliance with their nation : 
but they concern not themfelves, like the reft of thofe 
men whom you law in his palace, with his opinions 
neither are their minds perverted by his fwhiuical argu- • 
ments"; -to them it were unueccllary to. clothe evil in the 
garb of gooduefs ; for they love ami delire evil for its 
own fake ; and it is became they have chfeovrrd in Mr, 
Philosophy the irreconcileable enemy of iuu.ice and of 
holinefs, that they have fo readily ioincd Ins mixes, and 
are content to march under his banners. It is true that 
at fine, left their appearance on his fide ihould too much 

counteract the arts with which he fought to hide his rut- 

<_> j ■ 

poles from the world, they hid their faces, ,and fail . 
rs of his followers to imagine themfelves the leaders ot 
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90 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

his army ; but now that they have reached the fummlt of 
this mountain, they no longer think diffimulation neceffa- 
ry, but openly avow themielvcs, and terrify into fubjec- 
tion even thofe, who, at the beginning, would have been 
the leaft difpofed to form any league of amity with them. 
The name of him who marches at the head of this terri- 
ble J^and is Jacobinif?n, and in him is veiled the fupreme 
command ; thofe whom he has appointed to be his prin- 
cipal captains are Ripixt't Perfidy, Extortion, Opprefion, 
Treafon, Sacrilege, and Murder. Henceforward, though, 
when it may fait their purpofes, they will continue to ufe 
the name of Mr. Philosophy, you will perceive that 
they will fubmit to no controul, even from his authority ; 
and that they will continue in alliance with him from no 
other motive, than that all the moft atrocious of their 
deeds may find in him a moft unwearied panegyrift and 
advocate. But the whole company is now about to de- 
fcend into the valley, whither your late hofteifes would 
have conducted you. It is called the valley of Equality. 
Obferve how fteep and dangerous is the path which leads 
down to it from the mountain of Revolution ; infomuch, 
that thofe who attempt the defcent are obliged to throw 
away all the baggage they have hitherto carried with 
them, nay, even to (trip off the bed part of their clothes, 
left, being laden with any weight or incumbrance, they 
ihould be the more liable to fall." 

Then Good-intent beheld all thofe who had money, 
or any other kind of provifion for their future wants on 
their journey, throw it from them ; fome were conftrain- 
ed to lay afide their gorgeous robes ; Mr. Love-cha?ige 
caft away his coronet, and the like did many oth- 
ers ; nay, fome who wore crowns, though themfelves un- 
willing to refign them, could not prevent others of the 
company, in which they had travelled fo far, from taking 
them off their heads, and throwing them down the pre- 
cipice. Thus lightened, they all began to defcend ; but 
Mr. Hothead, going too haftily, foon fell, and broke his 
neck ; many of the reft alfo, either flipped, or were putti- 
ed down by others ; and I few not that any of thofe who 
fell ever rofe up again. When they had reached the foot 
of the mountain, Mr. Lovwhange was fuddenty (wallowed 



PILGRIM GOOD-INT£NT. 9I 

lip in the fwamp of Falfe-accufation, into which he was 
led by Perfidy, at the inftigation of Rapine ; and I ol> 
ferved that all who had worn coronets or coftly robes, 
met with a fate fimilar to his. As for Mr. Credulity, and 
fome others who walked with him, a phantom, called, 
Fraternity, met them at the entrance of the valley, and, 
making a femblance to embrace them, ftifled them in his 
arms. Of thofe who had once been the companions of 
Good-intent, Mr. Difcontent therefore now only furviv- 
ed : he ftill followed Jacobinifrn and his troop with a 
fullen pace ; and, as I afterwards learned, he continued 
to follow them through every different region into which 
they entered, even to the end of their appointed courfe ;• 
nor, though they would often gladly have been rid of 
fuch an alibciate, could they ever find means to psrfuade 
him to turn back, or to drive him from their company, 

The miferable end of fo many of the original followers- 
of Mr. Philosophy, feemed to afford to the Blood-men a* 
caufe for rejoicing. They employed themfelves with 
eagernefs in gathering up the precious things, which, 
having been caft away at the top of the mountain, had 
rolled down its fides into the valley ; and while they 
were thus occupied, many quarrels arofe among them 
for the treaiures they had found ; fo they ftrove with 
each other, and many who had collected the richeft fpoils, 
were flain by their fellows, envious of their good fortune. 
But at laft their contentions ceafed for a time ; and they 
all went. forwards together, and foon were out of light. 

Then Good-i ntent, addrefling himfelf again to Pru- 
dence, " At lead there is hope," faid he, " that the 
evils which have been brought upon the earth by this 
band of ruffians, will not be of long continuance ; for if 
they thus madly rum on every danger, and are befides 
fo ill difpofed towards each other, that on the flighted 
grounds they (lied the blood of their fellows, their force 
mutt quickly periih, and the very memorial of them be 
fwept away from the earth. " 

" I am not furprifed," faid Prudence, " that you enter- 
tain fuch a hope ; but you do not confider the continual 
reinforcements which this army receives. Mr. Philoso- 
phy is ever at work in enticing unwary travellers to enjift 



$2 THE PROGRESS OF TrfE 

under Ins fiandard ; the nation of the Blood-weft is, 
moreover, very numerous •; and large-companies aie even 
ROW on their roa'd, from all parts of it, to join their 
countrymen ; and be fides all this, in every land through 
which the army panes, they oblige the natives thereof 
to take up arms and follow them ; alluring fbme with- 
the proipeeu of f&aririg-iA the plunder of their neighbours ;- 
and, by itripes andill ufage, compelling thole who can- 
not be perfuaded, to forfake their homes, and arillt, 
however unwillingly, in fpreading delblation over the 
whole habitable lurfaee of the globe. When you reach 
the town of Vanity, -you will again -fall in with. -them ; but, 
in the mean while, voir mall for' a time take up your 
abode with us, as it has been the cuiiom of your family 
to do, whenever any of them have- paifed this way. Our 
infhuenons lhall fortify your mind againft the deceits of 
future importers' ; and, at your departure, we will arm 
you in the armour of light, wherewith your anfce'ftor* 
Christian was clad, that fo you may be-enabled to wkh-' 
ft arid all fuch aflailants as lhall hereafter ieelc to rrtoleft 
you, during, the remaining part of year pilgrimage. y} 

So I faw in my dream, that Good-intlnt Was well 
plealed with the propoial, and that he continued many 
days at the houfe of Beautiful ; where he became too 
well acquainted with the true- character and excellency of 
the Chriftian-viri'ues, to be in- any danger ox again -itiifer- 
ing himielf to be impofed on by their counterfeits. 

Moreover, they took great pains in iniiructing him ;• 
and Piety taught him to love the Lord bis God with ail 
his heart, with all his foul, and with all his mind ; to 
purify hi mfelf even as Pie is pure ; to do heartily whatfo- 
ever he did, as to the Lord, and not unto men; not 
being conformed to this world, but being transformed 
by the renewing of his mind, that he might prove what 
is that good, and acceptable, and perfect: will of God; 
holding faft the myflery of the faith in a pure conscience ; 
and deiiring nothing in comparifon of the glory that (hall 
be revealed, when the Lord cometh with thousands of 
his faints, to judge the world in righteoufnefs. 

When fhe had thus trained him in the- frit and great 
commandment of the law, Qkczrity taught him the fecond, 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 93 

which was like unto it ; even that he ftioulii icve his 
neighbour as himielf. But ilie exhoited him not to love 
in word, neither in tongue, after the manner of fa lie pre- 
tenders to philanthropy, but in dctd 9 and in truth ; not 
faying to the naked and the hungry, " Depart in peace, 
be you warmed and rilled," but giving thtm thofe things* 
whereof they ft and in need. And while *flie perfuaded 
him, as he had opportunity, to do good unto all men, 
Hie taught him that thofe of the houfehold of faith were 
more particularly to be confidered as entitled to his benef- 
icence ; feeing that it is fitting that the members of that 
body, whereof Christ is the head, mould have care one 
for another. She charged him alfo to learn fir ft to fhew 
kindnefs at hqme ; fmce, if any provide not for his own, 
and efpecially for thofe of his own houfe, he hath denied 
the faith, and is worfe than an infidel. Moreover, ihe 
taught him that he vvould exercife more true companion 
towards thofe whofe reprobate minds receive not the 
knowledge of the truth, by converting one fmser from 
the error of his ways, than by crying, " Peace ! peace !" 
to all to whom there was no peace ; vainly driving with 
the ftrength of man, to reverie the irrevocable judgments 
of Gop, which ftand fixed as the great mountains for 
ever, and mall manifeilly appear to all men, at the laft 
day, to have been founded in truth and rightecumefs. 
And to every work of love (he exhorted her difciple, in 
the name of Him who gave even his life for us miierable 
tinners, and who hath promifed to reward the kindnefTes 
which have been fhewn unto the lead of his brethren upon, 
earth, as if they had been done unto himfelf. 

Now, that he might be the more readily difpofed to 
attend to the inftruciions of Piety and Charity , Prudence 
taught him that the fear of the Lo?.n is wifdem, and to 
depart from evil is underftanding ; that the precepts of 
the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart ; that the com- 
mandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes ; 
that thofe who keep his precepts have more underftand- 
ing than the ancients, and enlure to themfelves a glorious 
inheritance, eternal ia the heavens. She exhorted him, 
therefore, that, avoiding all oppofitions of fcience. falfely 
lb called, with that worldly wudorru which is earthly*. 



§4 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

fenfual, devilifh, ' where envying and ftrife is, with 
confufion and every evil work, he mould feek the 
wifdom that is from above ; which is hrft pure, then 
peaceable, gentle, full of mercy, and good fruits ; 
which cometh down from the Father of Lights, and 
therefore, like himfelf, hath no variablenefs ; and which, 
if any man afk, in faith, of God, it mall be given him. 

Now I faw in my dyeam, that Good-intent received 
with joy the words of thefe three wife virgins, and was 
not a forgetful hearer of thofe doctrines of his Lord, 
which they thus declared unto him, but ftrove daily to 
become more zealoufly a doer of the fame. So when 1 
the time drew near that he fhould proceed further on his 
journey, they led him into the armoury of their King, 
whereof they are entrufted with the charge, and there they 
clad him in the armour of proof, fuch as had been given to 
Christian, his anceftor, and to all others of his family 
in fueceeding generations, who had arrived at that houfe 
in the courfe of their pilgrimage. Moreover, they mewed 
him all their records, and other rare and profitable 
things which it was their cuftom to fhew unto pilgrims ; 
and when they had done this, they had further the kind- 
nefs to walk forward with him a little way on his jour- 
ney ; left, while his mind was occupied with the exceed- 
ing great value of his late acquirements, he fhould take 
the road which led to the tower of Spiritual-pride, inftead^ 
of that which defcended into the valley of Humili ] at:o?: y 
through which lay the only way to the Celefiial City, 

So I faw that, being heedful to his' fteps, as they 
admonimed him to be, lie went down the hill without 
making any (lip, which might have given the foul fiend 
jApollyon an advantage over him ; and as he went along? 
in talk with his companions, they warned him to be con- 
tinually careful left he fhould be again deceived by any 
of thofe who affumed- their name or likenefs, for the 
purpofe of leading pilgrims aftray. " For," faid they, 
** there are many other impoftors, befides thofe you 
have already feen, who have recourfe to that artifice, 
and thereby miilead the moft zealous of our pupils." 

" T flatter myfelf," faid Good-intent, " that I have 
now lived too long in your hgufe, and have acquainted 



PILGRIM -GOOD-INTENT. 95 

ptyiejf too perfectly with your features, to be hencefor- 
ward liable to any impofitions of that nature. " 

" Be not too confident,' * laid Prudence ; for, " if ' Satan 
himielf be fometimes transformed into an angel of light.,' 
it is therefore no great thing if his miniiters be alfo trani- 
formed as the minifters of righteoufhefs." 

u But can you not give me fome certain rale*;" faid 
he, u whereby I may be enabled to detect fuch deceivers ?*• 

" There is no rule," faid Prudence, " by which we 
may at all times be more certainly diftinguiflied from 
thofe who would pafs for us, than by the harmony 
which conftantly and indiffolubly fubfifts between us. 
Each of us has feparately many counterfeits ; but, while 
we uniformly agree together in one mind, thofe counter- 
feits are ever at variance with each other. Thus, for 
example, my name and office are fometimes af fumed by 
Avarice, and fometimes by Simulation ; but Avarice 
betrays herfelf by the hatred which me cannot conceal 
againft -my filler Charity, from whom ihe flies, as from a 
•robber who would fpoil her of her goods ; while Simula- 
tion, may be known by her refufal to liften to the voice 
.of Piety, who vainly attempts to recal her from the 
crooked paths, in which fhe leads her followers to their 
deftruclion." 

** You may alfo find me perfonated in the world," faid 
.Charily, " by two no lefs dangerous deceivers. Often- 
tation and Profusion, both -de fire to be taken for me ; but 
Profufwn openly expreffes her contempt of Prudence ; and 
Oftentation, delirous only to be feen by men, has no fel- 
-lowfhip with Piety, who would teach her to approve her- 
felf to Gop." 

" And in like manner," faid Piety, " is my character 
often ufurped by Hypocrify, who can imitate my voice, 
nnd the fafliion of my garments ; but urge her to prove 
by any action her kindred with Charity, and ihe will 
(land felf-detecled before you ; whilll if you. meet Fanat- 
icifm affirming my likenefe, and addrefs her in the name 
ol Prudence, (he. will arrogantly profefs unto you that fhe 
.never knew her. Remember, therefore, that we always 
are confident with ourfelves, with each other, and with 
■the immutable law of our King ; and that, wherefoever 



go the ?iicgr::s3 of the 

you find inconfiftency, you have good reafon to conclude 
that no Ckrijiian-virt-ie truly dwells." 

So, after fbrne more profitable diir ourie, I few in my 
dream, that Prudence? Fiery, and Charity, thought it 
time to return to their own dwelling ; fo they bade the 
pilgrim farewell, and he went forwards on his way, 
through the midlt of the valley of Humiliation, in which, 
as I judged from his countenance, he took great delight. 
And I obferved that it bore no refemblance to the valley 
of Equality, though it feerned to be on the fame level ; 
for the valley of Equality, was full of dangerous pitfalls, 
was vifited by continual fiorms, and was ftrewed with 
the bones of thofe who in former ages had perifhed 
therein ; whereas this of Huyniliation was fafe and pleaiant 
to all pilgrims, w 7 ho knew rightly how to defcend the 
hill which led to it ; and the fweet airs of heaven did 
perpetually vifit it, and refrefh, with their kind influence, 
the fpirits of thofe who were palling through it. 

Only I few that when Good-intent had reached the 
lowed: part of it,' he was fomewhat troubled, by fuddenly 
hearing on each fide voices, which pronounced his name, 
and derided his labours : fo he looked to fee who w^ere 
the mockers, of whofe vain mirth he was thus the fub- 
jecr ; and behold ! on the right hand, on a riling ground, 
which overlooked his path, he defcried fome of thofe who 
had followed the train of the Lady Fajhion, and among 
them his former companion Light-mind, with Laughter 
and Folly ; and on the left hand, on a fimilar 
height, fome of Mr. Philosophy's troop, among 
whom he diftinguiflied his ancient enemy, Ridicule by 
name : and theie two parties, though on other points 
they agreed not, yet happening at the fame time, from 
their respective paths, to obtain a fight of the pilgrim, 
and being equally offended that he had refufed to quit his 
road for theirs, they vied with each other in thus laugh- 
ing him to fcorn. For a few moments, Good-intent 
was vexed at their idle feoffs ; but foon recollecting that 
they might more jultly be the object of his comparison, 
than he of their raillery, he walked on his way without re- 
t gaiding them, and -was foon out of their fight. 

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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 97 

drew near to that horrible valley, the valley of the Shad* 
r,-v of Death, When he firft defcricd, though yet at a 
diftance, the fmoke of the pit, his heart funk within him ; 
and when he became able to diftinguifU the groans and 
fearful cries of thofe who dwelt therein, he trembled ex- 
ceedingly, and was ready to turn back through fear ; but 
remembering that he muft neceffarily pafs through that 
valley and Shadow of Death, before he could hope to ar- 
rive at the Celefial City, his courage revived, and he felt 
himfelf able to encounter every terror, through Him 
who ftrengtheneth his fainting fervants. 

So he quickened his pace, and foon entering the 
valley, he proceeded along the narrow path, on the one 
fide of which the ditch lieth, and on the other the quag- 
mire. And now I beheld that his ftrength was brought 
very low, and that the dragons of the deep, exulting in 
his weaknefs, rufhed forth upon him, and fought by 
violence to prevail againft him ; but he covered himfelf 
with the fhield of Faith, which had been given unto him 
out of the armoury of his King, and did alfo for a 
while make a manful ufe of his fword, the edge of 
which they durft not encounter. But in a ihort time, 
the noifome air which furrounded him, and of which it 
is the ordinary nature to mingle itfelf with every latent 
poifon which lurks in the blood of thofe who breathe it, 
liad fo pernicious an effect on him, that it caufed the flings of 
thofe venomous creatures, which had fattened on him in 
the palace of Mr. Philosophy, to enflame afreih ; and 
though he had fuppofed them long firice healed, yet he 
now felt them more painful than even at the moment 
when he had firft received them, A mill focn fpread 
itfelf before his eyes, fo . that he could not difcern the 
way before him ; and by degrees his arm fwelled, and 
loft its ftrength ,; infomuch that, unable to fupport the 
weight of his fhield, he could no longer cover himfelf 
with it, but was obliged to drag it behind him, as au 
ufelefs burden, upon the ground. The fiends, who before 
had retreated, when they fpied their advantage, clofed 
with him ; and, while fome grafped his fhield, expect- 
ing to be 'able quickly to wrench-it from him, others 
I 



§8 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

from behind, the more to diffract him, did whifper in 
his ear .all the blafphemies which he .had formerly heard 
uttered by Mr. Philosophy and his .retainers. 

But while , I was looking every moment for his 'over- 
throw, behold ! he fuddenly recollected how, when his 
forefather Christian had the fame enemies to con- 
tend withal, and had been even fo far reduced as to mif- 
take their whifperings for the evil imaginations of rns 
own Jheart, he had recourfe.to another weapon called 
All-prayer, and had been delivered. Then Good-intent 
immediately availed himfelf of that example ; and as he 
jcried with great fervency unto Him, to whom the prince 
.of the power of the air, with all his hofl of evil ones, is 
jfubjecT:, Jhis adverfaries were compelled to give back ; 
and from a bright cloud which palled. over his head, a 
few drops of cryflal dew were fprinkled on.him, which, 
-partaking of the nature of die waters of the well of 
• 'Truth, did forthwith remove the intolerable anguiih of 
the flings, and rcflore to his arm its former ftrength,; 
fo that he became able, as at the firfl, to raife the Ihield 
of Faith* .Secure beneath its ample orb, he walked on- 
wards rejoicing ; and even the fmoke and flench of the 
pit had no longer power to annoy him, neither did any 
of thq dragons and hobgoblins thereof dare any more to 
approach him. And 1 faw that he went on with equal 
fafety through that other part of the valley, which is full 
of fnar.es and pit falls ; remembering the counfels of 
Prudence, wio had inflrucled him that he who walketh up- 
rightly ;walketh furely. 

So at laft he came to the cave, in which the two 
giants Pagan and Pope had formerly dwelt, to the great 
moleflation of the pilgrims who travelled that way ; but 
when Christian had paiTed by, he had found Pagan dead? 
and Pope decrepid with age. Good-intent, remembering 
this, had not expected to find there any enemy, who 
fhoald have power to offer him .offence ; but behold ! he 
now defc.ried in the mouth of the cave a third giant, 
more horrible than the former two, who was called bi- 
fidel; and, jufl as the pilgrim came up, this mifcreant 
had thrown a dart at the old and feeble Pope, who, un- 
able to defend himfelf againft his young and vigorous foe, 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 99 

had fallen down, to all appearance flam ; yet, as Good* 
intent drew nearer, he 'could difcefri that there were 
ftill in him fome faint figns of life ; inibmuch, that it 
appeared uncertain whether the wound "were mortal. 

Infidel, however, proud of his eafy victory, turned to 
the remains of Pagan, whofe carcafs now, through 
length of time, was reduced altogether to a fkeleton. 
Neverthelefs, the grim giant railed it from "the ground, 
and employed one named Allegory to cad around it an 
embroidered veft, that fo its ghaitlinefs and deformity 
might be concealed"; and this he did, with the intent to 
call that fleflilefs and fpiritlefs body by the name of My- 
thologicalwifdom, and to force all fttch as became his 
captives in battle to fall down and worfliip it. Now the 
embroidered veil had been woven by the pupils of Mri 
Philosophy.- 

The ground before the mouth of the cave was already' 
firewn' with the dead bodies of the pilgrims, whom this' 
third and mod cruel giant had flam, becaufe of their ad- 
herence to the way in which their fathers had walked r r 
and when he faw Good-intent pafllng by, he fei'zed his 
darts, dipped in deadly poiibn, and cad one of them at 
him ; but the youth feared him not, becaufe he knew 
himfelf to be clad in armour of proof ; fo he covered 
himfelf, with his ihield and the dart fell harmlefs on the 
ground. f 

Then Infidel raged, and " fpake many words o 
reproach and blafphemy ; and iffuing forth from his cave, 
he rufhed'upon the pilgrim, with his mace of Violence^ 
expecting, a.Turedly, to have fain him outright' ; but, 
behold I a fudden and mighty whirlwind aroie, before 
the force of which the giant was fcarcely able to ftand ; 
and while "he" reached forth his" hands to catch at any- 
thing which might five him from falling, his weapon, 
which he no longer firmly grafped, was caught by the 
temped, and blown away quite out of his fight. So he 
ftood for a moment difmayed ; and when his pride 
returned to him, and he would have fought c*:her wea- 
pons for the affault, he perceived that the pilgrim had 
already paffed too far on his way to be overtaken by 
him. Then he returned to his cave, difippointed c 



lOO THE PROGRESS OF THE 

prey ; and Good-intent proceeded on his journey, fall 
of thankfulnefs for the fignal deliverance which had been 
afforded him. 

So I beheld that he went on, till he came to a hill, 
from which he had a view of the town- of Vanity, and 
perceived that, he drew very nigh unto it. Now, while 
he flood ftill for a moment, to look about him, he was 
accofted by a very fair fpoken gentleman, who made 
him many profeftions of extraordinary kindnefs. " And 
fmce," faidthe ftranger, " you, Sir, a ppear to be travel- 
ling, as well as myfelf, to the town which lies yonder 
befoie us, we will, if you pleafe, walk forward together." 

" I thank you for your ofFer, Sir," faid Good-in- 
tent ; " are you, I pray, a native of the. town towards 
which we are going ?" 

i; Ycu muft pardon me, Sir" returned his new com- 
panion, " if I queftion the propriety and the reafonahle- 
iiefs of your inquiry. It ought to be enough for us to 
know that we are inhabitants of the fame planet ; for 
fmce the divifions of empires, and the boundaries of prov- 
inces are arbitrarily impofed, and continually fubject to 
be changed by the ever- varying caprice of man, of what 
avail can it be to any individual to afk in .what village, 
or even in what hermfphere, himfelf or his fellow firft 
chanced to draw breath ? Are we not all equally citizens 
of that great city, the world r" 

" You addrefs me, Sir," faid Good-intent, " with 
the air of one who imagines he communicates an import- 
ant difcovery, firft made by his own fuperior wifdom. 
Yet the very doubt which you exprefs of the reafonable- 
nefs of my queftion affords me a fufHcient proof that you 
have never yourfelf confidered how much it may imply. 
By inquiring of what country you were a native, I 
meant not to afk for geographical definitions ; but I 
expecTed to learn oy your anfwer whether you belonged 
to a- civilized or a barbarous community ; whether I 
Blight hope to find your opinions, religious and political, 
agreeing with thofe in which I myfelf was educated ? 
and though, had I found you a native of realms the 
mod remote from mine, T fliould ftill have felt myfelf 
bounden to you by that tie of univerfal love, which our 



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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, IOI- 

feat mafter is willing mould fubfi ft between all his crea- 
tures ; yet I fhould with pleafure have avowed a nearer 
connexion with you, had you declared yourfelf a member 
of fome nation united with my own * by any obligations 
of ancient amity, or any now exifting league of mu- 
tual advantage; and had I difcovered in you a fellow 
countrymen, I mould ftill more gladly have greeted' 
you, and fhould have rejoiced to have had for my 
companion, in this my pilgrimage to the regions of 
eternity, one who had a common intereft with myfelf 
in every thing which in the prefent world I hold molt - 
dear.'" 

Then the ftranger, whofenam'e was Mr. Cofmopolz-- 
tan, mocked at the words of Good- intent, and ufed' 
many arguments to convince him of his folly in pre- 
ferring his - own country to the other regions of the' 
world ;- feeing that it was formed but of earth and' 
water, as they were, and was inferior to many among 
them in pleafantnefs and- fertility. 

" Were it even lefs plcafant and lefs fertile than 
you reprefent- it," faid Good-intent, " I am willing to 
hope that my attachment to it would not be on that 
account the weaker. Wherefore do not all men covet- 
a4ike to dwell in thofe few and narrow diftricrs of our 
world, where- the feafons are moft temperate, and' 
where the choiceft of the fruits of the earth rife fpon- 
taneouhY t0 perfection? And wherefore, from this 
caufe, does not univerfal-warfare continually fubfift among : 
Us ? Wherefore, but becaufe Providence has gracioufiy 
implanted in the bread of every individual, not cor- 
rupted by vain fophiftry, that attachment tc -.he foil' 
which gave him birth, which renders him contented 
with the lot which has' fallen to him, and induces 
him to confider even the barren rock as a goodly heri- 
tage, if he can dwell thereon with thofe of his own 
kindred, and of his father's hcufe," 

" By what I perceive," faid Mr. Cof/nopolita?i^ w you 
prefer the direction of inftinct to that of reafon. You ' 
will not, however, I hope, be fo misjudging as to- 
refufe, for the fake of a few eld fafhioned prejudices? 
I2 



IOS THE PROGRESS OF THE 

to feek in the town of Vanity, whither we are go- 
ings for the mod agreeable lodgings ; and in this- 
queft you cannot do better than to take me for your 
guide ; for I have friends in every ftreet of the fair ; and 
while I wander, without any illiberal preference, from 
one to the other, I am fure to find myfelf equally 
welcome to all. 5 * 

u You make me fair promifes, Sir," faid Good* 
intemt; i: but in truth I have already determined 
where I ihall lodge : even where my anceftors have been- 
hofpitably entertained before me ; where I know that the 
laws of my Prince are more refpeded than in any other 
quarter of the town ; where his ftatutes are preferred in 
their greateit purity ; and where the mofl viiible marks of 
his favour have for ages been beftowed. If all places 
are as indifferent to you as you affert them to be, you' 
will do better to accompany me to the lodging which I 
have choien, than to wander idly about in fearch of 
another, without any preference to direct your choice." 

r But to this Mr. Cnfevopolit.jn made no reply ; fo as 
they were now come to the entrance, of the town, they 
parted; and Good-intent went to Britain-rciv, where 
he was received and entertained by fome of the defcend- 
an to of him with whom, in former ages, Christiana,. 
by . the recommendation of her guide, Mr. Great-hearty, 
had taken up her abode. But as for Mr. Ccfmopolitan,* 
lie wandered about from one ilreet to another, not occu- 
pying himfeif with any bufmefs, and meeting with none 
who cared to hold any converfe with him ; till at laft the 
men of the fair, fufpe&ing that he was come among 
them with fome mifchievous defign, had him taken up, f 
and would have fent him to prifon as a vagrant, had he 
not confeiTed that he belonged to French-row : fo thither 
they fent him, and there he was glad to remain. 

Now I faw in my dream, that Good-intent found it 
to be the pleafure of his King that he fliould make fome 
ftay in this town of Vanity ; to the end that through the 
continual opportunities which wouldhere occur to him of 
refilling evil, and overcome the wicked one, he might 
perfect himfeif in that true righteoufnepf and holinefs, 

without" which it was.nos poffiblehe ihgutcl be admitted 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. lO? 

Into the prefence of his Lord. And here did he daily 
experience the benefit of the leffons which he had receiv- 
ed from Mr. Interpreter, and from the damfels of the 
houfe Beautiful; for, as the governor of this town is the 
prince Beelzebub, the great enemy of Pilgrims, fo are 
there continually affembled here ail things, great and 
frnall, which may prove temptations to feduce them out 
of the way wherein they hitherto have walked, and 
finally to difappoint them of the heritage which they 
have travelled fo far in the hope to obtain. Wherefore? 
though Good- in tent would gladly have haftened for- 
ward towards the end of his journey, yet did he fubmit 
to his Lord's will, as it behoved him, and only fought 
how he might employ himfelf during his appointed time, 
in the manner moft iui table for one whole profeiiion was 
pilgrimage. 

Now the town was at that time in a notable confufion ; 
infomuch that the tumult which had prevailed in it> 
when Christian and Faithful had paffed that way, was 
as nothing ( in companion with the prefent commotion. 
For the whole army fent forth by Mr. Philosophy, and 
led on by Jacobinifm, its chief, had entered it from the 
mountain of Re-volution and the valley of Equality ; and 
though moft of the men of the fair had received, with 
open arms, thefe terrible invaders, yet had not their 
friendly dealing fecured them from the ruin and defla- 
tion which were fpread by the Bkod-ihe?i wherever they 
turned their courfe. The firfl; occafron they found of 
quarrel with the townfmen was concerning the fafhion of 
their houfes, which they required them to pull down y y 
and build up again on a new model ; taking for the 
lower wall the tiles which new covered the roofs, and 
laying the heavieft of the prefent found^tion-irenes on 
the top of all. Thofe who confented to this propofal 
were for the mod part buried in the ruins which enfued ; 
and thofe who declined it, however civilly, w r ere malla- 
ered without mercy. Neither did the Prince Beelze- 
bub take any companion on the miferies of his fubjec"ts ; 
for he well knew that the extenfion of his empire was 
the ultimate end of the labours of Mr. Philosophy ; 
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1*04 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

acquainted, and whom he was therefore well fatisfied to 1 
appoint his vicegerent upon earth* 

Now I faw that Jacobinifm, the general, had eftabliuV 
ed his head quarters in the great and wide ftreet which 
was called French-row, whither he had been particularly 
invited by certain of the inhabitants, with whom he had ; 
been long in correfpondence ; and he had diftributed his 
troops in the lanes- and alleys immediately* adjoining. - 
They next took polTeffion of- Dutch-row, and, after that, 
of many of the other principal ftreets :«• fome of the 
townfmen yielding to them without oppofition, by reafon* 
of the terror which was fp read by their approach ; and-' 
ethers, who imagined themfelves fafe becaufe they dwelt- 
at a greater diitance, omitting to take fuch reafonable- 
precautions as might probably have fecured therm 

Yet, amidft all the ravages of the Blood-men, the ufual 
traffic of the fair was in no degree interrupted. The kind '■■ 
of merchandife indeed was changed, mod of the com-- 
modities- which had formerly been in requeft there being' 
totally deftroyed, together with the fhops in which they 
had been expofed for fale ; but new merchants arrived,- 
who opened new ihops, plentifully ftocked with wares 
of another faihion, for which they had quickly morc- 
cuftom than ever their predeceifors had been able to ob- 
tain. Yet drill there was nothing either bought or fold' 
in the town but Vanity; and, in my judgment, the^ 
new fhapes into which it was- manufactured -were not ft! 
a whit better than the old* 

Of all who were attacked by the invaders, thofe 
only of the ftreet in which Good-intent had taken up : 
his lodging made any effectual refiftance. As" foon as- 
they heard of their approach, they erected barriers,, 
and ftationed guards to defend them ; and when they 
found that French-row was become the chief ftrong hold 
of the enemy, they demoliflied a bridge, which had form- 
ed the communication between that quarter of the town 
and their own, and fortified the banks of the river over 
which it had been thrown, fo ftrongly, that even the 
Blood-men themfelves, though they continually threatened 
it, durft not attempt the paffage. Moreover, many of 
the moll daring of the men of Britain-row would often 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. I 05 

> • 

adventure themfelves in boats acrofs the river, and attack 
the advanced guards of the foe : and fo fuccefsful were 
they in this kind of warfare, that their name became 
terrible abroad, and their riches were increafed by the 
fpoils of their enemies. 

Neverthelefs, I faw with furprife, that even in Britali:- 
ro-vj there were fome who had privately entered into cor- 
refpondence with Mr. Philosophy ; who had accepted, 
as a gift, his magical glaffes, and who waited only fo/ ^ 
fit opportunity to betray their comrades unto Jucobhilf)/^ 
the captain of the hoft. But I truft that the Celejiial 
Khig, whofe fubjedts all the better fort among them do 
warmly profefs tliemfelves, and who has already offered 
them, on feveral occaficns, moil gracious and feafon^ 
able aiTiftance, will continue to vouchfafe unto them 
his protection ; that fo they may be delivered out of 
the dangers which thus clofe them in on every fide ;. 
and that, afcribing their fafety not to their own 
ftrength, but to his favour, they may apply themfelves 
more heartily than they ever hitherto have done to 
root out all iniquity from among them, and to purify 
themfelves unto him as a peculiar people, zealous of 
good works. 

While Good-intent continued with them, it ap- 
peared to him that he could in no better manner fig* 
nalize his zeal for his King, than by afiiiting them ta 
repel thofe who were at once his enemies and theirs, 
He accordingly bore arms among them in many dei- 
perate battles, in which he difplayed no lefs valour 
than his great grand-father Matthew had fhewn, 
when he had faliied forth with Mr. Great-heart and 
the reft, to attack the bead, which, in their time, had 
committed fuch havock in the town. And as, in thefe 
encounters, it was his fortune to efcape all dangerous 
wounds, fo alio did he avoid falling into any of the 
fnares, which were laid for him by thofe more dan- 
gerous deceivers, who are every where, but more 
efpecially in this place, lying in wait for pilgrims ; 
infomuch that he would neither liften to the emhlaries, 
lent forth by Mr. Philosophy; nor to the Vices, 
who walked in the train of the Lady Fcz/Iiion ; nor 



lo5 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

to any of the importers, againft whom he had been 
warned by the virgins Piety* Prudence, and Charity; 
neither could he be perfuaded to purchafe any of the 
commodities of the place ; which no man caayxhTefs 
unlefs he confent to do homage for the m untJrTB-E e l- 
Zebub, the prince and Shatter of the fair: 

At laft the time amved, when it was permitted him • 
to fet forwards on his journey :fo, having taken leave 
of the friends, with whom 'he had fojourned, he proceeded - 
on his way, and foon came to the hill Lucre, where one 
Sslf-intereji ! fat, in the place of Demas,. to tempt paffen- 
gers to dig therein for forbidden treafure ; but Good- 
intent paid no attention to his words, remembering the 
miferable fate of thofe who had perifhed in the filver" 
mine, in the days of Christian ; and pading on, he next' 
reached the pleafant ftreanv the waters of which were fo~ 
refreshing, to weary pilgrims : the (hade alfo of the fruit- 
ful trees, which were planted on its banks, was very de- 
lightful unto him ;- and he was forry when he found' 
himfelf obliged to quit thofe fields, and to proceed along* 
a very rugged road, until he came to the ftile which lecfi 
into Bye-path meadows 

He was careful not to turn afide to go over it ; but- 
looking towards Doubting caftle, which he expecled to • 
find in ruins, he was furprifed, and withal grieved, to* 
fee it rebuilt, and garrifoned £>y a company of Mr. Phi- 
losophy's men, who had^feized it as a citadel, whence 
they might the more conveniently annoy the ihepherds 
of the Deleciabie Mountains ; whom they hated with pe- 
culiar malice, becaufc they were the chofen fervants of 
the Cekftial King,- 

As Good-inte NT-palled along, a few darts were fltot 
at him' frorrr the caftle walls ; • but when they that were 
within faw that he received them on the fhield of Faith, 
they were aware that no power was given unto them to 
harm him ; fo he went on; without further moleftation, 
and foon after arrived at the foot of the Dekclable Movji- 
tains. But he was much aghaft, to perceive what fearful 
ravages the army of Jacobinifvi had made in the out- 
skirts of the plea'ant land *, and he obferved that one of 
the hills was ftr&wed with tire dead bodies of the fhep- 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTLKT. I Oj 

herds, who had been ufcd there to pafture their Hocks, 
while the flicep were fcattered as a prey to ravening wolves. 

Hisl^MKhowever, leading him a different way, he 
foon 4^^JRo the green and cultivated mountain, on 
whiclM^Ke the four fhep-berds, Knovdedge, Experience^ 
Waichfid, and Sincere ; who, frill dwelling in the lame 
peace and fecurity as in former times, received and greet- 
ed him kindly ; and as it was late, he gladly accepted 
the lodging they "offered him.. In the morning he told 
them all that had hitherto befallen him on his journey, 
and inquired of them concerning the remainder of his 
way, in which they beft knew how to direct him. 

Then T .{aw in my dream, that, before they would Suf- 
fer him to depart, they were demons to fliew him fome 
..of the rare things which were to be ieen in thofe moun- 
tains : fo they led .him to mount Caution, mount Mar* 
vel, mount Innocence, and fupdry of the other places, 
whither they : had formerly^ conducted Christian and 
Christiana : after which, as, while they w 7 alked, they 
.had been talking of the enemies who now threatened 
4 detlruclion to all the faithful fervants of the King, to 
whom thofe mountains belonged as his peculiar inherit- 
ance, the Shepherds faid unto the pilgrim, " Though 
.we know ourfelves to be, above all others, the obj^^yxf 
.the fury .of thofe mifcreants, yet do we entertain Wffmr 
.of their prevailing againfl; us. We are, indeed, as you 
.fee by our proieffion, peaceable men, unpraclifed in the 
ufe of fuch weapons as they wield againfl us ; but the 
King, who is our mailer and yours, has erecled for our 
.defence a Strong tower, which is built o.n the higher!: of 
our mountains, and commands all the country round ; 
and as jt is plentifully fupplied with all manner of war- 
like fto::es, and garrifoned befides with the King's bed 
troops, our enemies, however they may boaft at a dif- 
,tance, dare not Shew themielves in a battle array within 
arrow {hot -of its walk, and we therefore dwell in fecuri- 
ty under its protection : neither have we yet fuStained 
any injury frqm them, five the lofs of a few of our hire- 
lings ; who, disregarding our cautions, have ftrayed too far 
from the tower, and whofe fheep, being, through their 
neglect, at liberty to wander from their folds, have been 



loS THE PPvOGRESS OF TUIl 

ttiiferably devoured by thofe grievous wolves, which, at 
unawares, do from time to time creep in among us." 

" Bat who, then, were thofe fhepherds," faTd Good- 
intent, " whofe dwellings I beheld, as I^^Bjong, 
fo miferably deftxoyed, while their own deacTOodies, 
mingled with the carcaffes of their fheep, lay iixewed in 
heaps on the ground ?" 

" Thofe were men," faid Experience* " who formerly 
were our comrades ; but who had long fmce quitted the 
pa (lures in which our matter commanded them to feed 
his fheep, and built for themfelves other folds, and other 
habitations, on the hill of Error. For a time, indeed, 
they ufurped authority over us ; and we were weak 
enough to forfake our own dwellings at their bidding, 
and to fuffer them to lead aftray the flocks which were 
committed to our care, even as they had led their own ; 
but one of our number, who was called Reformation , 
happening to light on the ffatute book of our Kmg, 
which had long been hidden under a heap of rubbiih, 
came to the knowledge of the fault we had inconfiderate- 
ly committed, and brought us back, with as many as 
were willing to follow him, to thefe Delectable Mountains* 
on which our King himielf had originally eftablifhed us, 
and where we have ever fmce dwelt in fafety under His 
mighty protection ; while thole from whom we feparat- 
ed ourfelves have peri fried by the hands of the Blood-men* 
in the miferable manner you have feen. We have heart- 
ily pitied their misfortunes, and have afforded what af- 
fiftance we could to the few, who, efcaping the cruelty 
of our common enemy, have reforted to us for fhelter ; 
neither have we borne in mind the injurious treatment 
which we formerly experienced from them, nor rewarded 
them as they in old time ferved us ; and we hope that 
in thus doing, we have fulfilled the commands of our 
great Mafter, who has enjoined us to mew hofpitality to 
the {hanger, and to do good to thofe who have defpite- 
fully ufed us and perfecuted us." 

Then I faw that the Ihepherds propofed to conduct 
Good-intent to the tower of which they had fpoken ; 
and he gladly followed them thither. Now it was call- 
ed the tower of Reveakd-religion, and it flood on the 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT* 1 09 

mountain of Evidence. So, when they brought him to 
the place, he exceedingly admired the flrength of its 
walls, and the wonderful manner of its architecture. 
Then they made .him obferve, that though the founda- 
tions were fuch as could on no fide be fliaken, yet the 
whole fuperilrucrure of the building was fupported by 
two mighty pillars, each confiding of one folid piece of 
adamant. One of thefe, which fronted the country 
through which he had paffed, was called the pillar of 
Hijiory ; and the other, which ftood on the fide that 
Jooked towards the Celeftial City, was called the pillar of 
Prophecy. Each of thefe was curioufly engraven from 
the top to the bottom ; and the fhepherds having defir- 
ed the pilgrim to examine them attentively, he followed 
their directions, and thereby received much edification. 

The infcriptions on the pillar of Hifiory were very leg- 
ible ; and Good-intent read thereon the ftory of all 
thofe events which were recorded in the book which he 
carried in his bofom, in various characters, and in many 
different languages ; but all agreeing together in the 
fame purport. Nay, fome of thofe infcriptions, which 
fet out with queftioning or denying the authority of that 
book, did finifh by recounting fuch fads, as did the mofl 
-clearly eftablifh its authenticity ; thereby confirming 
what it appeared the intention of their w r riters to con- 
fute. As this feemed ftrange to Good-intent, he afk- 
ed the fhepherds to explain it to him. 

" Our King has promifed us," anfwered they, " that, 
while heaven and earth endure, this fortrefs fhall never 
be overthrown. Yet do our enemies feed themfelves 
with the imagination that they fhall finally be able to 
prevail againft it ; and of late, many of thofe, who have 
been inftrucred in the fchool of Mr. Philosophy, have 
come hither by night, while they have fuppofed we flept, 
hoping to efpy fome weak place in the walls, or at leafb 
to find means to deftroy the beauty and uniformity of 
the building. Some of thefe have attempted to efface 
the infcriptions on this pillar, and to write on it, in their 
ftead, fuch others, as fhould be mofl: to the difnonor of 
our King, and for the furtherance of their own wicked 
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fmt> THE PROGRESS OF THE 

defigns ; but it is the peculiar nature of the adamant of 
"which it is made, that the words of Truth can never be 
erafed from its furface, nor thofe of Falfehood permanently 
engraven thereon: wherefore, all fuch as have hitherto 
.thus wrought, have derived no other fruit from their 
labours, than that of exhibiting, to all who rightly ex- 
amine the malice of their own hearts, and their inability 
to refufe their teftimony to the very truths, the memorial 
of which they defire the moft earneftly to deftroy. Un- 
confcious, however, of the fecret power which has thus 
difappointed their evil purpofes, they have departed, 
&oafting as tliough they had obtained fome mighty ad- 
vantage ; but moft of them, in their retreat, have been 
iiruck by darts, difcharged at them from the garrifon 
appointed to defend the tower, whereby they have been 
.caft down, and have no more been able to ftand." 

After this, the ihepherds led the pilgrim round to the 
pillar of Prophecy, which, they told him, was confidera- 
bly the moft ancient of the two, though it appeared 
.erected on the foundation of -the other. When firft he 
caft his eyes upon it, he defpaired of being able to com- 
prehend what was engraven thereon ; for that pillar was 
not, like the former, infcribed with legible characters, 
but was covered with ftrange hieroglyphics, and the 
likeneffes of many things which belonged both to the 
heavens above, and to the earth beneath. However, 
when he had confidered it awhile, he plainly perceived 
that many of thefe figures were reprefentations of the 
events which he had feen recorded on the pillar of Hifto- 
ry ; and continuing to examine them, with the afliftance 
•of the fhepherds, he foon underftood the teftimony 
which that pillar alfo bore to the life and doctrines of 
Him, to whom all the prophets gave witnefs, from the 
foundation of the world. He alfo beheld there, vifibly 
depictured, the great revolutions of fuch ftates and em- 
pires, as had, from the earlieft ages, been employed, 
though they themfelves knew not of it, as inftruments in 
the hand of the Great King of all the Univerfe, for the 
accomplifhment of fuch things as He would have done 
on earth. Yet could not Good-intent trace all the 
figures with which the pillar of Prophecy was adorned ; 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. I 1 1 

for, from above a certain height, they were fo indiftincly 
and confufed one with the other, that he could not 
with any certainty difcover what they were defigned to 
reprefent; and the top of the pillar itfelf was entirely 
veiled from his fight, by a cloud which refted on it, 
and on which he could not fteadily fix his eyes, by rea- 
fon of its brightnefs. 

So he inquired of the fhepherds why the upper part 
of the pillar fhould be covered with fuch figures as he 
found it impoffible to decypher, and its fummit be alto- 
gether hidden from his view, when all that was engraven 
on the lower part was* become, through their affiftance,- 
fo intelligible to him. 

" The reafon of it is," replied they, " that the images 
of things as yet not feen, which are thofe on the upper 
part of the pillar, are encrufted with a thick varnifh, 
which is purpofely laid over them, and with which even 
thofe which now appear mod plain to you were once 
overfpread; but, you may obfervc> though no man 
can at prefent difcern their full form and proportion,* 
yet many of their ftronger lines may be clearly traced 
by the eye which fixedly regards them; and more it 
is not intended that any ijiall diftinguiih, till the period 
when one who is called Time, by whom the cruft has 
been already cleared away from the lower part of the 
pillar, fhall in like manner remove it from the higher ; 
and in this work we have reafon to believe that he is 
even now engaged ; for we have lately been able to 
difcover the true fhapes of many of the figures, which, 
within the memory of this generation, were no lefs 
indiftincl: than thofe beyond them (till remain: even of 
fuch- as reprefent to us the diftrefs of nations, and per- 
plexity, which are now come upon the earth. As for 
the cloud which reft s on the fummit of the pillar, that 
mud continue to veil it until the confummation of all 
things ; when heaven and earth ihall pafs away, and death 
fhall be fwallowed up in victory. And whereas you 
cannot now ftedfaftly behold it, by reafon of its bright- 
nefs, that is becaufe it is illuminated by the rays of the 
glory of the Celejiial City, to which we are now exactly 
oppofite. The mifts, which continually afcend from 



112 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

the earth, prevent us from diftinguiming it while we 
ftand fo low, except by the perfpeclive glafs of Faith* 
through which we fhewed it to Christian, and will now 
aiford a view of it to you ; but at the height to which 
that pillar afcends, the atmofphere is clear, and admits 
the paflage of thofe glorious beams, which, even reflect- 
ed by the cloud, your mortal fight is too weak to fup- 
port." 

Then Good, intent eagerly afked for that perfpective 
glafs, the virtue of which he had long fmce heard ; fo 
they brought it to him ; and teaching him to reft it oa 
the bafe of the pillar of Prophecy , that it might be kept 
the more fteady, they bade him look ; when, though the 
mifts of the eaith did ftill much obfcure his view, he was 
able fo far to penetrate them as to difcern, through the 
glafs, and darkly, the Heavenly City, with that innumer- 
able company of faints and angels who dwell therein. 
Then did his heart burn within him through eagernefs 
to be there : while the fear, left he mould not be account- 
ed worthy to become a partaker of fo glorious an in- 
heritance ariflng in his mind, he almoft fainted with the 
ftruggle, and his hand could no longer fupport the glafs 
in the requifite direction. 

But the fliepherds fupported him, and comforted him 
with the examples of many, now inhabitants of that bleff- 
ed city, who, with the fame fear and trembling which 
had fallen upon himfelf, had finally v/orked out their 
own falvation ; their weaknefs having been made ftrong 
through faith in Him, whofe promifes had been the rock 
of their fure confidence ; and when, by fuch difcourfes, 
they had revived the fpirits of Good-intent, they ex- 
horted him to bear continually in mind the heavenly 
things which they had fhewn unto him ; and, remem- 
bering that all eaithly things mould be diflblved, to con- 
sider what manner of perfon he ought to be, in all holy 
converfation and godlinefs, through the remainder of the 
pilgrimage, to the end of which he was now faft ap- 
proaching. Then, feeing that he was impatient to fet 
forward, infomuch, that in his eagernefs to reach the city 
of his King, he had even loft all apprehenfion of that 
deep and terrible river', which he was *firft to crofs, they 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. I I 3 

fuffered him to proceed upon his journey ; conducting 
him themfelves, by the belt paths, to the <:nd of their 
territory. 

Now, as they went along, their ears were fuddenly 
availed by the fhouts of war ; and Good-intent, look- 
ing on that fide on which he heard the ncife, cbierved 
a hill, which commanded one of the principal paffes of 
thofe mountains, on the top of which there flood a fmall 
fort, very ancient ; and this hill was befet around by the 
forces of all thofe who were enemies to the King of 
that country ; in front it was attacked by the army of 
Blood~ineri % led on by Jacobinifm, their chief captain, who 
brought battering rams and fcaling ladders to take it by 
ftorm ; on one fide a troop of the followers of Fajhion 
aiTailed it from a greater durance with miilile weapons ; 
and on the other, Mr. Philosophy himfelf, at the head 
of a company of pioneers, was at work on a mine, where- 
by he hoped to fap the foundation, and overthrow the 
walls. Then Good-intent inquired of the fhepherds 
what fort this was, and why fo many foes did thus ran— 
couroufly combine together againft it* - 

" Becaufe," replied Knowledge i € they are aware, that,-' 
could they once force that pails - -coniid'erable tract of 
the bed part of our land would Me open to their ravages, 
and our llieep, hearing no more the voice of the fhepherd/- 
would ftray from their folds into- the •wildernefs. The 
hill on which this fort ftands is called mount Sabbath ; 
and we have certain evidence, that amidft all the convul- 
sions of nature, it has continued unmoved, in its prefent 
form, fmce the creation of the world. Yet though from 
the firft it was confecrated ground, men had forgotten 
the refpect: which it behoved them to pay to it, and had 
grievoufly defiled it by their continual trefpailes ; when, 
confiderably above three thoufand years ago, the fort, 
which you now behold, was erected on it, being. built 
with the fame (tone which was ufed in making the tables 
of the law ; and fmce that time no enemies have been 
able to prevail againft it. Once,- it is true, a former 
governor of the fort prefumtuouily railed other walls, 
with Hones hewn out of the quarries of Tradition y and 
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114 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

cnclofed a much wider fpace of ground, encroaching on 
the property of his neighbours ; but our Pi ince himfelf 
threw down thofe walls, and placed in the fort another 
governor, whofe office it is to give reft unto the weary, 
to inftruct the ignorant, to exhort the unliable, to affift 
the devotions of the pious, and to fhew mercy and kind- 
nefs, not to men only, but even to beafts. Though, 
therefore, our adverfaries cannot make the walls which 
our King has eftablifhed, yet, whenever by their affaults 
they interrupt the exerclfe of thefe good works, they 
grievoufly injure the world, and on their heads does the 
evil of their deiign finally recoil ; and fuch you will per- 
ceive to be, in fome meafure, the event of their prefent 
attempt, if you obferve a little longer." 

Then Good -intent fixed his eyes upon the affailants cf 
the fort ; and he fa w that the troops of Jacobinifm, not 
beinrr allowed to take that reft of which their exhaufted 

o 

ftrength had need, many among them fainted and expir- 
ed through excefs of wearinefs ; and their general him- 
felf was obliged to retire, and feek repofe at the houfe of 
one Mr. Decade, who had ftolen from the governor of 
the fort thofe refrefhments which he offered for the en- 
tertainment of his gueft. Mr. Philosophy's chief pio- 
neer, whofe name was Expediency, not being able to car- 
ry on his works without difturbing fome beafts of bur- 
den, who were lying under the walls of the fort to reft: 
themfelves after fix days' labour, an ox turned round, 
and gored him with his horn : fo he perifhed ; and the 
earth falling in upon his companions, the mine could 
not, ac that time, be continued any farther. And as 
for the votaries of Fafmon, their darts were quickly -ex- 
haufted : fo they turned their backs at once upon -the 
hill, and upon the Celeftial City, which lay beyond it, and 
haftened back with mufic and revelry to the town of 
Vanity, from whence they came ; rejoicing in their idle 
mirth, that, if they could not deftroy the fort, they at 
leaft had no longer a profpect of it ; and imagining they 
had procured for themfelves fome excellent advantage, 
in renouncing all fhare in the benefits which the gov- 
ernor thereof perpetually extended to thofe who were 
within his reach. 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. Il£ 

The enemies on all fides being thus difperfed, Good- 
intent entered the fort, and partook of fuch enter- 
tainment as is conftantly provided there at the appoint- 
ed times for all faithful pilgrims ; and having Maid there 
a day to refreih himfeif, he took a friendly leave of the 
-governor, and of the ihepherds (who gave him at part- 
ing their cuftomary cautions,) and defcended into the 
plain which lies on the further fide of the Delegable 
Mountains : Vvhere he had not walked far, before he 
entered the Enchanted Grmmi ; in the which, if a man 
fleep, he never wakes again. 

The thick and foggy air of that place having contin- 
ually the quality of exciting drowfmefs, Good-intent 
foon began to feel its influence ; but he remembered 
that the ihepherds had exprefsly forbidden him to fleep 
upon that ground ; and therefore, though he faw the 
arbours and benches, w r hich the enemy of pilgrims has 
erected there on every fide to entice them to lie down 
and repofe themfelves, he would by no means yield to 
the temptation, but went on, though fomewhat with a 
heavier pace ; and as he walked, he drove to fix his 
thoughts upon the glorious view, which he had beheld 
through the glafs of the ihepherds ; the recollection of 
which foon enlivened his dull fpirits, and rilled him w T ith 
an ardour, which neither the mills, the darknefs, nor the 
miry paths, through which he paffed, had any longer 
power to quench or abate ; and he had now reached 
the middle of the E?ichanted Ground, when the obfcurity 
of the air was fuddenly broken by a beam of livid light, 
which caft a glare on every object, yet feemed more 
difmalto the eyes of Good-intent than even darknefs 
itfelf. 

He now perceived immediately before him a vaft and 
gloomy edifice, adorned on all fides with fepulchral em- 
blems, with fkulls, and bones, and implements of death ; 
a cadaverous ftench proceeded from it, as from a char- 
nel vault ; and earth-worms wreathed themfelves around 
the columns of the portico. Over the door, in charac- 
ters of flame (whence proceeded the light which had at- 
tracted the pilgrim's eyes,) was written, " Eternal Sleep $*\ 



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If 1 6 7 ~ FnOGR.KSS OF THE 

but on an inner ports!! he d^fcriedl the darker infcripticftv 
" Annihilation." 

Good-intent ftarted back with horror, fuch as he had 
never felt before, except in the black temple of Atheifm $ 
and while he yet flood trembling and appalled* a com- 
pany of men approached, having crofTed over from an- 
other part of the Enchanted Ground ; and when they 
came near, he perceived that they were of the number of 
Mr. Philosophy's difciples. Now they had for their 
guide one whom they had been taught to addrefs by the 
appellation of Hope ; but when Good-intent beheld his 
ghaftly vifage, he knew him to be the demon 'Defpair. 
At their approach, the gates of the edifice were fuddenly 
thrown open by the grim porter, Death ; andfomeof the 
troop entered, with pale countenances and trembling 
knees ; the gates fpontaneoufly reclofed behind them - f 
and to the reft, admifiion would at that time have been- 
refufed ; but Self-murder ftepped forward, and, with a 
matter-key, unlocked a poftern-door ; they rufhed mad- 
ly in, boafting, with loud, though unfteady clamours*- 
the unconquerable boldnefs of their daring minds ; but" 
thefe exulting cries w T ere, even in the threfhold, convert- 
ed into the ihrieks of terror, and the groans of anguifh ; 
which, however? as the men advanced farther down the 
darkfcme and irremeable defcent which lay before them, 
died away, and were fucceeded by a filence, as of the 
grave ; folemn, profound, and drear, 

Defpair xhzn turned to Good-intent, and invited him 
to enter alfo. " Until this enlightened age," faid he^ 
" the minds of ignorant and fooliih men were difturbedy 
during the whole of their paffage through this world, by 
the thoughts of that fatal river, which was to terminate- 
their courfe, and over which, as it is well known, no 
bridge could ever be built. Wherefore Mr. Philoso- 
phy, compaflionating their mifery, has engaged the 
mighty power of Atheifn> to erect this vaft, dormitory ;- 
m which all who put their trurt in him are free to feek a 
refuge from the tyranny of Superfiition, and will fleep^ 
fecure from all the terrors of eternity* 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. llj 

But Good- intent (laid not to hear him farther, or 
to reply : the afpect of the phantom who addreffed him 
had frozen the current of his blood ; but at the name of 
Atheifm % horror itfelf roufed him from the torpor which 
had feized him ; and, flying from the difmal manfion of 
thofe, whofe hope as well as their end is deftruclion, he 
had no fconer paffed beyond the fhade which that build- 
ing caft around it, than he began to defcry, at a diftance, 
a glimmering of *the light of the Celeftial City ; and at 
the fame time he heard a voice which proclaimed, 
*\ Verily there is a reward for the righteous ; doubtlefs 
there is a God that judgeth the earth." 

Infpired with the redoubled confidence, the pilgrim 
haftened forward ; and the glorious light on which his 
eyes were now fixed grew brighter, till the perfect day 
fhined on him, as he entered into the land of Beulah ; that 
land, unto which no enemy dares advance ; where the 
fliining inhabitants of the Celeftial City do continually 
walk, comforting and refrefhing the fpirits of fuch, as, 
having finiflied their courfe with joy, are ready to enter 
into the falvation of their Lord ; and where even the 
perpetual expectation of being called upon to crofs the 
river of bitter waters, cannot difturb the felicity of thofe, 
who hope through the mercy of their Prince, to be ad- 
mitted into that better and heavenly country, which lies 
beyond it. 

Now, I faw in my dream, that Good-intent had not 
(laid here many days before a menenger arrived, who 
was commanded to fummon him to appear in the pres- 
ence of his King. When he received the fummons, he 
rejoiced, though with trembling ; and one named Rejig* 
nation conducted him to the brink of the river, into which 
he entered : when, neither did he find the bitternefs of 
the water unpalatable to him, nor did he greatly fear, 
though the waves thereof did rage and fwell, and the 
floods did enter into his foul 5 for Faith fupported htm 
even in the deepeft part, and guided him through the 
midft in fafety : but when he reached the oppofite (horC| 
Faith difappeared, and Certainty received him* 



Il8 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

And now, his mortal garments having fallen off in the 
river, he was clothed with immortality, and appeared as 
one of die Alining ones ; a band of whom came to meet 
him, and to bid him welcome to their abode. And they 
faidunto him, " Thou haft done well in the fight of thy 
Lord, in that thou haft preferred his word to all the falfe 
and pernicious doctrines of the wifdom of the world 
thou haft quitted ; in that thou haft rejected the pleafures* 
of fin, which endure but for a feafon, looking in fincerity \ 
unto the Author and fmifher of thy faith, for the fulfill- 
ment of thofe promifes of which thou art now become a 
partaker. Therefore the everlafting gates are open to ? 
thee, and we are fent to conduct thee into the prefence of 
the King who fitteth upon the throne for ever and ever, 
by whom thou art accepted through the merits of Him, < 
who^ by the facrifice of himfelf once offered, hath pur- 
chafed univerfal redemption for his faithful people. But, 
before thou fhalt have quite loft fight of the more which 
thou haft left behind* thee ? it is permitted thee once to* 
look back, and to behold what fhall be the end of thofe,: 
who, difclaiming the glorious inheritance of the children 
of God, have rather chofen to fay to corruption, * Thou 
art my father ;* and to the worm, * Thou art my 
mother, and my fifter :' vainly trufting in their repro-- 
bate minds that they mould efcape the wrath to come." 

Upon this Good- intent looked back ; having from 
the high bank on which he ftood, a view of the Encha?tt- 
ed-growid ; and he heard a great and terrible found, as 
it were of a trumpet ; and immediately the rocks were 
rent, and the foundations of the earth were difclofed,- 
Then- the dormitory, which Philofophy and : Aiheifm had 
erected,, was overthrown, and thofe who had flept therein 
were awakened ; and rufhing forth from amid the ruins 
with lamentable cries, they beheld him, whom they had 
pierced, coming in the clouds of heaven, as an avenging 
judge, with power and great glory : a flaming fire de- 
voured before him, and the terrors of the Almighty 
ffrone round about him. Then did they begin to call 
upon the mountains to fall on them, and on the hills to 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 



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cover them ; but, Lo ! a thick darknefs arofe between 
them and the pilgrim, and he faw them no more for ever. 
Then he turned to afcend the mountain, upon which 
the Celejiial City was built : his new jstherial frame glow- 
ing with a tranfport, which his earthly body would have 
been too weak to fupport. But the light now ftreamed 
on him with a fplendour fo dazzling, that I was no 
longer able to fix my eyes upon him : fo, as I turned to 
fhelter my frail mortal fenfe from the effulgence thereof, 
I awoke, — and, behold ! it was a dream. 



ERRATUM. 



In the quotation from Shakefpear on the title page, 3d 
line, for world, read ward. 




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